It is impossible to create a shared folder without emailing people
I haven't used dropbox in a long time. Now I try to sign in and make a shared folder and I find that it is impossible, the site forces you to email other people to make the folder. What is the dumb...
Hey there, I understand where youâre coming from, however it would be worth noting that email notifications aim to alert your colleagues/coworkers that you wish to share content with them & theyâd need to add the share to their account, in order to get going with that.
If you wish to avoid that, you can grant colleagues/ friends View-Only access for content residing in your account through a shared link đ, which you can easily include it in a chat, message &c.(i.e. you donât necessarily need to know their email address in this scenario).
Other than that, Iâd like to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts; positive or negative, everything you're sending us over helps us better understand your needs. As our team is always looking for ways to improve, Iâll make sure your feedback is passed along to them.
Please do let me know how you get on with my pointers above or in case you have any further inquiries & Iâll check back with you asap!
Hey there, I understand where youâre coming from, however it would be worth noting that email notifications aim to alert your colleagues/coworkers that you wish to share content with them & theyâd need to add the share to their account, in order to get going with that.
If you wish to avoid that, you can grant colleagues/ friends View-Only access for content residing in your account through a shared link đ, which you can easily include it in a chat, message &c.(i.e. you donât necessarily need to know their email address in this scenario).
Other than that, Iâd like to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts; positive or negative, everything you're sending us over helps us better understand your needs. As our team is always looking for ways to improve, Iâll make sure your feedback is passed along to them.
Please do let me know how you get on with my pointers above or in case you have any further inquiries & Iâll check back with you asap!
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Now I try to sign in and make a shared folder and I find that it is impossible, the site forces you to email other people to make the folder. What is the dumb...","body@stringLength":"950","rawBody":"
I haven't used dropbox in a long time. Now I try to sign in and make a shared folder and I find that it is impossible, the site forces you to email other people to make the folder.
What is the dumb point of this? I just want to make a shared folder, put things in it, and THEN send people links to those things to look at them. They will be people I don't even know yet and whose emails I don't have.
Can someone just tell me how to make a shared folder, which I assume is what I have to do to put things in a folder and then share them with people, unless the dropbox terminology is poorly defined, and not have to email other people?
Seriously, whoever designed this should be fired for not having human sense. Obviously you should just make any folders you want like in a Win system, and then send the links to whichever ones things in them to whoever you want. Why would it be any other way?
I haven't used dropbox in a long time. Now I try to sign in and make a shared folder and I find that it is impossible, the site forces you to email other people to make the folder.
What is the dumb point of this? I just want to make a shared folder, put things in it, and THEN send people links to those things to look at them. They will be people I don't even know yet and whose emails I don't have.
Can someone just tell me how to make a shared folder, which I assume is what I have to do to put things in a folder and then share them with people, unless the dropbox terminology is poorly defined, and not have to email other people?
Seriously, whoever designed this should be fired for not having human sense. Obviously you should just make any folders you want like in a Win system, and then send the links to whichever ones things in them to whoever you want. Why would it be any other way?
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Hey there, I understand where youâre coming from, however it would be worth noting that email notifications aim to alert your colleagues/coworkers that you wish to share content with them & theyâd need to add the share to their account, in order to get going with that.
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If you wish to avoid that, you can grant colleagues/ friends View-Only access for content residing in your account through a shared link đ, which you can easily include it in a chat, message &c.(i.e. you donât necessarily need to know their email address in this scenario).
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Other than that, Iâd like to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts; positive or negative, everything you're sending us over helps us better understand your needs. As our team is always looking for ways to improve, Iâll make sure your feedback is passed along to them.
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Please do let me know how you get on with my pointers above or in case you have any further inquiries & Iâll check back with you asap!
Hey there, I understand where youâre coming from, however it would be worth noting that email notifications aim to alert your colleagues/coworkers that you wish to share content with them & theyâd need to add the share to their account, in order to get going with that.
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If you wish to avoid that, you can grant colleagues/ friends View-Only access for content residing in your account through a shared link đ, which you can easily include it in a chat, message &c.(i.e. you donât necessarily need to know their email address in this scenario).
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Other than that, Iâd like to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts; positive or negative, everything you're sending us over helps us better understand your needs. As our team is always looking for ways to improve, Iâll make sure your feedback is passed along to them.
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Please do let me know how you get on with my pointers above or in case you have any further inquiries & Iâll check back with you asap!
Dropbox Staff
