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Justin P.2
Collaborator | Level 10
10 years ago
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Key Command/Shortcut to "Copy Dropbox Link" from Mac Finder.

I copy download links all day from the Mac Finder. It would be great to assign a key command so that you can highlight a file in your Dropbox via Mac Finder, and press a key command to copy the link ...
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  • Gene_Parmesan's avatar
    Gene_Parmesan
    5 years ago

    Update (2023-01-17)

    I've moved the script to a repository and expanded on the instructions.

     

     

    I wanted this now, so I wrote a Python script to get the URL from the command line and created an Automator QuickAction that calls the script with the selected file(s) in Finder:

     

     

     

    Now, ^⌘L copies the Dropbox URL of any number of files selected in the Dropbox folder.

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Gene_Parmesan
Collaborator | Level 8
5 years ago

Great to hear! I've tweaked the script slightly to call out the personal/business dichotomy more clearly, and updated my earlier comment to take account of the new line numbers. Enjoy your new Finder keyboard command! 😄

  • mbiaso's avatar
    mbiaso
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    would anyone help me to make it work? please? I've done almost all steps but am stacked now...it did not finds the py file on the bin folder...I'm not sure it there to be fair. hahaha

    • Gene_Parmesan's avatar
      Gene_Parmesan
      Collaborator | Level 8
      4 years ago

      Yes, you have to put the script in a bin folder in your home directory. Follow the instructions in the comment below the script to get it set up.

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