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james power
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3 years ago

Using dropbox to share media files for download and preview

Hi, I work for large public art gallery and part of my job is facilitating outward loan requests and external previews for a collection of time-based media art. Im looking at implementing dropbox as ...
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Megan
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3 years ago

Hey james power, I'd be happy to help! 

 

Both of your requests, could use our shared links feature. Essentially, you can use shared links to send your content to people, whether they have a Dropbox account or not. 

 

You can add passwords, and disable downloads if you're using the right plan, and it wouldn't notify anyone, unless you choose to share the link with them. You can do this any way you want: message, email or any other way.

 

Based on what you described, it seems you were using shared folders instead, hence the recipient got notified. 

 

I hope this clarifies! 

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