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Dropbox shares wrong folder
On two separate instances, I've had Dropbox share the wrong folder to someone. I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I'm doing something wrong. Here's what's happening: I have several clients with wh...
And I think I figured out what caused it for me - I was looking for a shared folder using Apple's Finder search, and using the results to drop files in and create a link. I'd get a link to the wrong folder this way, and files would end up in the wrong folder.
When I went directly to the folder, and dropped the files in, they were in the right place and I could create a link that actually linked to the correct folder.
Maybe an OS / directory bug?
I've been watching for this to happen again and it hasn't for me, though I've been doing everything the same (Hannah, no, I don't open and share from within—it sounds maybe more complicated than my method). However, when I had the issue, I was working via my browser and shared the folder that way. So it wouldn't have been an OS issue for me. However, the reason I use the browser is because the last time I shared a folder via my client finder folder vs. browser, it shared the folder one step above in the hierarchy vs. the folder within that, which I was trying to share. This accidentally gave my client access to other clients' folders—agh! So I never share via Apple Finder anymore after that.
