Gmail and Dropbox

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If you’re one of the 1.5 billion people who use Gmail, chances are you use it a lot! I know I do, anyway. And like anything you do often, it makes a lot of sense to make sure it works well, and we’re happy to say there is a Dropbox for Gmail Add-on that can help with that.&nbsp;
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What can I do with the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on?

With this add-on, you can make sharing and saving a lot easier and faster. No matter what browser or platform, and even on mobile, you can:

Share your Dropbox files directly through your Gmail account&nbsp;
Save attachments from Gmail directly to your Dropbox account

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Even better, admins can enable the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on for their entire team from within the Google Admin console, so you might not have to set it up yourself at all.&nbsp;
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How to install the Dropbox for Gmail Add-on

If your admin isn’t free, you can get the add-on yourself with a few clicks. Just head to your Gmail account, click the white plus sign (+) icon on the righthand sidebar. When you hover over the plus sign, you’ll see “Get Add-ons.” Search for Dropbox for Gmail, click Install and follow the easy steps from there!&nbsp;
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So now, whenever you’re out and about and someone sends you an important file by email, you can save it directly to your Dropbox account. Or even better, you can be the one sending emails with important Dropbox files right from your Gmail account. If you want to know more about this add-on, you can check out the Help Center article here.&nbsp;
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Do you use add-ons and integrations to make your day easier? What’s your favorite little hack?&nbsp;

Chicola · Answer

couldn't agree more , don't know exactly who and why decided to crash to zero the good old extension and to bring this one .i have found myself working again with google drive as its way easier now compare to this recent Dropbox add on&nbsp;

Chicola · Answer

in the last few weeks i got error message says :

" This Chrome extension no longer works

Don’t worry—you can still save attachments to Dropbox and add your files directly to emails. If you’d like to keep using Dropbox for Gmail, install our Gmail add-on now. "

the chrome extension is way better than the drobox for Gmail add on and i am not sure why it stopped supporting , i tried the tech support and couldn't get it work, tried clear history , disabled other extensions , uninstalled , every time got this error message and again the Dropbox for Gmail add on is very very limited vs the old school Extension

Chicola · Answer

Amy&nbsp;Thanks for your reply ,&nbsp;1. First i think this add on is much slower than the previous one .&nbsp;Mac , pc , chrome , edge , each one of them was way slower than the&nbsp;2. You Cant send more than one file , if you want send few files from different folders the add on closes and you need to do it all over again .&nbsp;3. No " Recants Uploads " just like the older add on , on the new one you have only all your folders without the recent tab&nbsp;4. no search option , this is super crucial , especially for heavy users .&nbsp;5. i have further info about the tech support would can write further on private .&nbsp;

bblu2095 · Answer

I agree 100%. I recognize the "advantage" of using the new add-on framework, but the user experience compared to the extension is much worse. I think top of my list would be the "recent" items list, which is missing from the new add-on. In general, the new add-on feels a lot less "Dropbox-y", which I suppose is part of the point of standardizing around the Gmail Add-on format.&nbsp;It would have been nice if the extension stuck around until the add-on has a feature/experience-parity.

Chicola · Answer

Amy&nbsp;any update soon ?

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