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Moez18
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10 months ago

How can I open shared links directly in Finder/Explorer?

Hello, One of the most important and highly requested missing features in Dropbox is the ability to open a shared link for Files and Folder from a team directly in Finder (Mac) or Explorer (Windows...
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Mark
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10 months ago

This already is possible (at least for individual files).

If you have the file sync'd to your computer and Dropbox is running (i.e. the application is loaded and the file the folder is in is not set to selective sync) then if you click on a shared link to a file it will open it from your machine. 

If it doesn't for whatever reason click on 'Open In' and choose the application :)

 

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