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Diarmid F.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Saving the file from a Dropbox link to my Dropbox

Is there a simple way to save a file from a Dropbox link to my Dropbox?  As in, without downloading it to my computer and then either uploading it manually or saving to my Dropbox folder where it can...
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Diarmid F.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Thanks for that Rich, but I don't ever see a blue download button.  I click on the link (in an email), and the download begins. I may have missed a key point in omitting that it is a dropboxusercontent link.

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