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Cannot move shared folder if I am not the owner
I am trying to reorganize my dropbox because I literally have thousands of folders, and I need them to be more logically nested. This is no problem with shared folders that I own, but I can't move a...
Hi Nancy , here is a screenshot of the parent folder (not shared with anyone) where I am trying to put a bunch of shared folders:
If this isn't the screenshot that you mean, then please let me know.
I was away from my computer for a week traveling, and I will note that now, suddenly, I am able to copy files into the folder without an error, so something must have changed on Dropbox's end. I have not changed my settings or restarted my computer in the meantime (and the prior issue was happening both on my laptop and within the Dropbox web interface). So I'm not sure what caused the issue in the first place, or how it got resolved, but it does work as expected for me now. It would be great, though, to find out how to prevent this re-occurring in the future. 🙂
Thanks!
@Claire W.3
I found a solution that works for me for now.
Note: I am using MacOS environment.
1. Im added to a shared folder (A) from someone outside of my organisation
2. that folder shows up in my top level DB folders
3. i have created a top level folder called "Shared with me" (B) (no one else has access to this)
4. I move the shared folder (A) (via DB web) to the (B) folder
5. then in Mac "finder" i create and "alias" of (A)
6. i move that alias to the folder in my DB structure that i need it.
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Note: the alias folder will be accessible to everyone within the folder structure you arrange.
For me, we are a small team and do not require folder/file level permissions, so it is easy to manage.
Hope this helps.
