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Jay666
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How to obtain the web URL (Markdown format) of a file on a local computer using Mac Finder?

How to obtain the web URL of a file from a file located in the Dropbox folder on a local computer using Mac Finder? Ideally, the URL should be in markdown format so that it can display the file name ...
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    2 years ago
    Jay666 wrote:

    How to obtain the web URL of a file from a file located in the Dropbox folder on a local computer using Mac Finder?

    You can right-click a file in your local Dropbox folder and select Copy Dropbox Link. This will create a shared link to that file. There are no options for formatting the link, using markdown or any other format, other than changing a couple of parameters within the URL to force a download or render the file in a browser.

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2 years ago
Jay666 wrote:

How to obtain the web URL of a file from a file located in the Dropbox folder on a local computer using Mac Finder?

You can right-click a file in your local Dropbox folder and select Copy Dropbox Link. This will create a shared link to that file. There are no options for formatting the link, using markdown or any other format, other than changing a couple of parameters within the URL to force a download or render the file in a browser.

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