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DocMolly
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

Replace files without breaking the shared link on desktop application for Mac

Hello,    I have used Dropbox for years to share PDFs on my website. I work on a mac and use the Dropbox desktop application. Previously, when I wanted to replace a PDF under the same name in Dro...
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    Jay
    3 years ago

    Hi DocMolly, thanks for posting .

     

    This behavior hasn't changed, so if you copy and paste a file with an identical name, the file should be overwritten and the shared link would remain the same since the file would be seen as edited.

     

    Have you recently made any changes on the Mac, such as updating the OS?

     

    This will help me to assist further!

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Mstrcreative
Helpful | Level 6
I just updated my Dropbox app for OS. I reduced a pdf file size and re—saved over the original file with the same name on Dropbox and it broke the link. So this behavior has changed FYI. Latest OS etc.
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doss
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

Same here. It's not working at all. My links break and only when linking PDFs.

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