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kcash
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Mac Aliases | Shortcuts Cannot Be Opened in Dropbox (i.e. via Dropbox.com or via the mobile app)

Hello,   A few years ago I migrated or synced the contents of my Mac hard drive in it's entirety to Dropbox. This has been great as I can access files (for my small business) anywhere and on any de...
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Rich
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2 years ago
kcash wrote:

... it appears that I can't open ... alias files/shortcuts anywhere expect on my Mac...

That's correct. Aside from the fact that Dropbox doesn't support aliases, your alias will point to a path that's local to your Mac. Nothing other than your Mac will understand the location.

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    kcash
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Thanks Rich for the feedback. I'll look into an acceptable workaround then. 🙂

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