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Maarten1981
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2 years ago

Downloading very large files or saving them to your account

Hi all,   I am trying to download a very large file (circa 150GB) that another user has shared with me. Neither direct downloading, nor saving this file to my own account and syncing with the deskt...
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Maarten1981
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Hi Megan,

 

Yes, here it is (says the same in red at the top of the screen):

This is a file in a folder that was shared with me through a link, not a Dropbox Transfer.

 

Many thanks for thinking along!

 

Maarten

 

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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi Maarten1981, I'd need to open up a ticket on my end, in order for us to have a closer look into this, and possibly send this to the relevant department.

 

Would you be okay with that?

 

Let me know, and we'll take it from there!

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