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Justin P.2's avatar
Justin P.2
Collaborator | Level 10
9 years ago

Key Command/Shortcut to "Copy Dropbox Link" from Mac Finder.

I copy download links all day from the Mac Finder. It would be great to assign a key command so that you can highlight a file in your Dropbox via Mac Finder, and press a key command to copy the link ...
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  • Gene_Parmesan's avatar
    Gene_Parmesan
    4 years ago

    Update (2023-01-17)

    I've moved the script to a repository and expanded on the instructions.

     

     

    I wanted this now, so I wrote a Python script to get the URL from the command line and created an Automator QuickAction that calls the script with the selected file(s) in Finder:

     

     

     

    Now, ^⌘L copies the Dropbox URL of any number of files selected in the Dropbox folder.

dhermanq's avatar
dhermanq
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago

@Gene_Parmesan I use a Dropbox business account, and changing 'personal' to 'business' on line 42 did the trick! I've been dreaming of this functionality for a long time -- thank you!!!

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