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michellesteam
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11 months ago

How can I share a video only with a specific family member?

Help! I made a video for my BILs surprise bday and sent to my sister. She opened it using the Google gmail and it opened in their shared account. Did I just ruin the surprise? She said she deleted it...
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Hannah
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11 months ago

You replied correctly here Michelle, no worries at all!

Is it possible to get a screenshot of the options she got when she tapped to open the link?

Maybe it asked her to open it on the Dropbox app or through her browser, but I'd need a visual of the options to be sure.

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michellesteam
New member | Level 1
11 months ago

She deleted it but she said it said open in app or browser and she selected browser but it automatically opened in Gmail. I just don't know why.

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    Hannah
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    11 months ago

    It can't really open in Gmail, perhaps in Chrome and it asked her to sign in to her Dropbox account and she used the Gmail address to sign in, is that possible?

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