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fabidjano's avatar
fabidjano
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7 months ago

Reinstate the Dropbox context options on Mac OS

Recently my dropbox app asked me to move all of its folders to "locations" in finder, instead of the simple shortcut folder in "favorites" where it used to be beforehand. I agreed, cause it basically...
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Megane Racat's avatar
Megane Racat
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7 months ago

Hi fabidjano​, it looks like you've migrated to File Provider and lost access to the external context menu, which is expected due to Apple’s restrictions—unfortunately, this isn’t something Dropbox controls.

That said, you should still be able to access Transfer through Right-click > Share > Dropbox Transfer. If that’s not working, please let me know.

We’re currently considering adding a “Share with Dropbox” option alongside “Dropbox Transfer” in that submenu. It would still require two clicks (“Share” then “Share with Dropbox”) rather than one, so I’d love to hear if you think that would help improve the experience.

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