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Michael M.84
New member | Level 1
11 years ago
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My "share dropbox link" option in the drop down box is gone, how do I get it back?

I'm trying to send a link to someone and I have the file saved to my dropbox but I don't have the option to share the dropbox link. This just started as I shared a link a few weeks ago.
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  • Anvisha P.'s avatar
    Anvisha P.
    10 years ago

    Hey folks,

    This might be because we're interfering with other Finder extensions (Creative cloud etc) you may have running on your computer.

    While we're working on fixing the bug with Apple, you *could* disable the other Finder extensions in System Preferences > Extensions > Finder:

    ></p> <p> </p> <p>Try it, and let me know if that works.</p>

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freakatiki f.
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

@Daniel R:

please get a grip & relax, the world will thank you (and you will thank yourself later too)

 

concerning the issue of the disappeared sharing options

This solved the issue for me:

  1. Boot your Mac with Command-R held to load Recovery mode.
  2. Open the Terminal from the Utilities menu.
  3. Run the following command, followed by restarting your Mac: csrutil disable
  4. Reboot into normal OS X ... sharing should be back
  5. Boot your Mac with Command-R held to load Recovery mode
  6. Open the Terminal from the Utilities menu.
  7. Run the following command, followed by restarting your Mac: csrutil enable
  8. Reboot & be a happy camper
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Nietrijker
New member | Level 2
10 years ago

Unfortunately this did not work for me. I followed the instructions exactly but never got the link functionality back. I can link from the recently changed files list, but not from finder. OSX version 10.12, Dropbox version 12.4.22

 

  • Nietrijker's avatar
    Nietrijker
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    Not sure what happened, but suddenly the links came back... about one hour after the reboot...  it works now (hope it will remain working)

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