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CWayman
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Accessing an Organization's Account
I have been given links to get into an account for which I serve on the Board of Directors. Each time I click the link, I am taken to my own Dropbox account, not the account of the organization. I lo...
- 3 years ago
CWayman wrote:
I am not storing these files in my Dropbox account. I have them on my hard drive. I want to upload them from my hard drive up to the organization Dropbox account into a folder the Executive Director kindly created for me.The files may not be in your Dropbox account now, but if you're a member of a shared folder and you add those files to the folder, then they will be in your Dropbox account, which is why you need enough available space to be a member of a shared folder. You're not uploading to a folder in their account. You're uploading to a folder in your account which is then synced to a similar folder in their account.
Rich
Super User II
CWayman wrote:
I have numerous files to upload. So they would need to send me a file request for hundreds of files?
They can send you a single file request and you can use it to upload multiple files.
I don't see the logic in forcing me to have space in my personal account when I'm not storing the files in my personal account.
But you are storing the files in your account. If they invite your personal account to a shared folder so you can upload files to it, then you have your own COPY of the shared folder in your account, and anything you place in the folder will sync to all other members of the folder.
I want to upload these files into a folder scheme I set up on the Organization account.
The only ways to upload to someone else's account is either through a File Request or a Shared folder. The only other option would be if you had access to their account (meaning you could sign in to their account) and you uploaded the files directly to the account.
CWayman
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Thank you for telling me “ They can send you a single file request and you can use it to upload multiple files.” I will have the Executive Director send me a request for a file. I will let you know if this works.
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