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    <title>topic Using files through third-party apps — Is there a better way? in Integrations</title>
    <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Using-files-through-third-party-apps-Is-there-a-better-way/m-p/698636#M10167</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;Our company does most of our work through Adobe InDesign. Since our products use a lot of art resources, fonts, and other files (many of which are large) we store them in Dropbox and link to them through InDesign. Currently, because I'm on MacOS, I have to make all files available offline if I want to use them through InDesign — essentially downloading them to my personal hard drive, which is gradually chewing up my hard drive space. My colleagues are all on PC (we work from home but as a team) so they don't have this same problem, it just works smoothly for them with no need to pull files onto their personal computers just to use them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It appears Dropbox is testing some new File Provider function to solve this problem. For some reason I'm ineligible for File Provider (not sure why; my computer meets or exceeds all the requirements). Until then, is there some other way to access files like my coworkers do, *without* filling up my hard drive? It seems like there should be *something* I can do. This lack of compatibility is baffling.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>PEG_Brian</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2023-07-13T19:06:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Using files through third-party apps — Is there a better way?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Using-files-through-third-party-apps-Is-there-a-better-way/m-p/698636#M10167</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Our company does most of our work through Adobe InDesign. Since our products use a lot of art resources, fonts, and other files (many of which are large) we store them in Dropbox and link to them through InDesign. Currently, because I'm on MacOS, I have to make all files available offline if I want to use them through InDesign — essentially downloading them to my personal hard drive, which is gradually chewing up my hard drive space. My colleagues are all on PC (we work from home but as a team) so they don't have this same problem, it just works smoothly for them with no need to pull files onto their personal computers just to use them.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;It appears Dropbox is testing some new File Provider function to solve this problem. For some reason I'm ineligible for File Provider (not sure why; my computer meets or exceeds all the requirements). Until then, is there some other way to access files like my coworkers do, *without* filling up my hard drive? It seems like there should be *something* I can do. This lack of compatibility is baffling.&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Using-files-through-third-party-apps-Is-there-a-better-way/m-p/698636#M10167</guid>
      <dc:creator>PEG_Brian</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-13T19:06:04Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: Using files through third-party apps — Is there a better way?</title>
      <link>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Using-files-through-third-party-apps-Is-there-a-better-way/m-p/698660#M10169</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;Hi &lt;a href="https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/1726601"&gt;@PEG_Brian&lt;/a&gt;, thanks for posting today!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Essentially the workaround would be exactly what you're already doing, which is to download the files locally, and make them available offline.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;As for the File Provider feature, this is something we're rolling out gradually. When you’re eligible, you’ll receive a notification from the Dropbox icon in your menu bar.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;In the meantime, if you’re interested in early access to the experience, here’s how you can join our beta:&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;If you are on a Basic, Plus, Professional, or Family plan: Turn on &lt;A href="https://help.dropbox.com/account-settings/enable-early-releases" target="_blank"&gt;early releases&lt;/A&gt; and keep an eye out for a notification to opt-in.&lt;BR /&gt;If you have a Standard, Advanced, Enterprise, or Education account: Contact your Account Team or &lt;A href="https://www.dropbox.com/support" target="_blank"&gt;Customer Support&lt;/A&gt; for more information.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;I hope this helps!&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 20:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Integrations/Using-files-through-third-party-apps-Is-there-a-better-way/m-p/698660#M10169</guid>
      <dc:creator>Megan</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2023-07-13T20:29:05Z</dc:date>
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