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NOCU
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

copied link from 'copy dropbox link - menu' doesn't paste anymore.

when i right click a file. a dropbox pulldown menu opens. after clicking 'copy dropbox link' i should be able to share the link after pasting it. but, it stays empty.    i work with a mac an trie...
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  • Walter's avatar
    Walter
    3 years ago

    Oh, I see now. So your shared links were banned and that's why you couldn't generate a shared link through the desktop app as well NOCU - this makes sense now. 

     

    In any case, I'm glad to hear it's sorted now and thank you for your feedback as well.

     

    Let me know if you have anything else to ask or add. 

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NOCU
Helpful | Level 7

Thanks for thinking with me Walter!

 

The issue is solved in the meantime.

 

It seemed that i've been exceeded the traffic bandwidth limit of 400GB for a day.

Sounds a bit much to me. But well, i have no other idea why i was blocked from sharing links that got lifted exact 24 hours later.

 

The thing i'm probably most annoyed about, is that i didn't get any notification of this when it happened and was completely left in the dark about it all.

no email, no notification bell or pop up in the Dropbox App etc, nothing. Pretty blunt to do to a customer if you'd ask me.

I get the limit now. But if this can happen, it really would make sense to have some sort of indication that the bandwidth is about to exceed. So you can act on it before it happens. Because now, i wasn't able to meet a couple of deadlines. As you don't easily find a solution for a file-review action by just sharing a link after the render is done and then normally shoot on to the next project. You're just kicked out of your flow for 24 hours.

Walter's avatar
Walter
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3 years ago

Oh, I see now. So your shared links were banned and that's why you couldn't generate a shared link through the desktop app as well NOCU - this makes sense now. 

 

In any case, I'm glad to hear it's sorted now and thank you for your feedback as well.

 

Let me know if you have anything else to ask or add. 

  • NOCU's avatar
    NOCU
    Helpful | Level 7
    3 years ago

    No i don't. Have a great day Walter 🙂

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