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When I take a screenshot, a public URL to it is automatically copied.
This has been annoying in a few situations because I had some code copied that I wanted to paste, but overwritten by the screenshot URL.
How can I disable dropbox from automatically copying the URL to my clipboard?
I'm on macOS.
Hi,
I also often need to work with printscreens from browser without information about the URL. I have fast solution: Put your browser to fullscreen mode (F11 usually), than press PrintScreen or Alt+PrintScreen.
Does it work?
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1) On macOS, with dropbox installed
2) Take a screenshot of anything
3) Screenshot gets automatically placed in Screenshots folder in dropbox folder
4) Open any text editor
5) Paste text
6) You get a dropbox link to the screenshot you just taken
Problem here is I don't want a dropbox link to the screenshot to be automatically copied.
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Yes, that software is the dropbox app, which is why I'm here.
I kind of want the screenshot integrations but not the automatically-copy-url-to-clipboard thing.
If there isn't an option in Dropbox Preferences to disable the link creation, then you likely can't. On Windows, it's two separate capture methods; Print Screen for a screenshot, CTRL+Print Screen for a screenshot and a link. That option doesn't seem to be available on a Mac according to the help article on the feature.
Hei Wyred
go on the dropbox icon on the mac menubar, click on the little wheel on the right > preferences > import > uncheck share screenshots using dropbox
Bye
Anna
omg this is so sad
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