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Originally Posted by Josieb1
That's very kind of you Steve but tbh I'd rather have a working iOS CC app.
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I know, most people are more frustrated about putting the time into figuring out why something isn't working than they are about the money itself. Unfortunately I can't guarantee to fix every issue.
Now as it happens, I haven't yet spent a serious amount of time looking into this; my job got in the way yesterday and ate up the hour or two I was going to spend. My next chance is on Saturday.
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I only send txt files, and they are on my Mac/laptop but the folder is within the Dropbox folder. At no time have I ever been asked to authorise Dropbox access on the iOS CC. And it's not showing in my Dropbox settings. Not sure if this helps.
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We're mixing up two connection types. There's "Wireless Device" where CC interacts in real-time with Calibre; phone and Mac/PC need to be on the same WiFi network at the same time. No authorisation is needed here, even if your files are actually stored in your Dropbox folder on your Mac. This is because CC is getting the files from Calibre, and Calibre already has access to files on your Mac.
One of the other types is "Cloud" where CC connects to Dropbox and downloads files from
Dropbox's servers. This lets you get your books whenever, regardless of whether you have your laptop with you, as long as you have an internet connection. In this case, part of the setup process is authorising Dropbox to give CC access, since Dropbox needs to know that CC is acting on your behalf.
I'm pretty sure you wrote previously that you're using the wireless device connection. (And to be fair, that's the right one for you since you're dealing with a large number of files. The Dropbox connection is still a bit clunky in iOS, in that you download files one at a time.) That's why this authorisation step never happened.