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DocMolly
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
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Replace files without breaking the shared link on desktop application for Mac

Hello,    I have used Dropbox for years to share PDFs on my website. I work on a mac and use the Dropbox desktop application. Previously, when I wanted to replace a PDF under the same name in Dro...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    4 years ago

    Hi DocMolly, thanks for posting .

     

    This behavior hasn't changed, so if you copy and paste a file with an identical name, the file should be overwritten and the shared link would remain the same since the file would be seen as edited.

     

    Have you recently made any changes on the Mac, such as updating the OS?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

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Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
4 years ago
Mark Selker wrote:

How can I restore the link with the new file, or at the very least keep the older file and link?

Restore the previous version of the file and both the file and link will be restored.

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mdesign
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago

This is not helpful, they said wanted a new version of the file so how does it help them to replace with the previous version? 

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