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Hello -- I hope this is the correct category. If not, my apologies. I need to download mp3 clips for a class. No matter what I do, my iphone is overtaken by dl/dropboxcontent ..... I need...
- You said that Dropbox was taking over the download, which looked like you meant the Dropbox APP was taking it over.
The dropboxusercontent "site" that you're referring to is the URL that is used when someone creates a public link to one of the files in their Dropbox account. Dropbox is not taking anything over. The file you're trying to download is simply hosted from someone's Dropbox account.
If you're trying to download this file from an iPhone, you likely won't be able to. Most mobile browsers on iOS do not allow you to download files because iOS does not have a user accessible file system. You can probably listen to the file in the browser, but that's it.
Hi. Thank you for your response. There IS no app. I am on the course website and the assignment has an audio clip with an option to download it. No matter what I do, it defaults to that dl/dropboxcontent "site". Further, the clip is nowhere to be found in any of my Dropbox files. Can you help? Thanks.
Rich
Super User II
Super User IIYou said that Dropbox was taking over the download, which looked like you meant the Dropbox APP was taking it over.
The dropboxusercontent "site" that you're referring to is the URL that is used when someone creates a public link to one of the files in their Dropbox account. Dropbox is not taking anything over. The file you're trying to download is simply hosted from someone's Dropbox account.
If you're trying to download this file from an iPhone, you likely won't be able to. Most mobile browsers on iOS do not allow you to download files because iOS does not have a user accessible file system. You can probably listen to the file in the browser, but that's it.
The dropboxusercontent "site" that you're referring to is the URL that is used when someone creates a public link to one of the files in their Dropbox account. Dropbox is not taking anything over. The file you're trying to download is simply hosted from someone's Dropbox account.
If you're trying to download this file from an iPhone, you likely won't be able to. Most mobile browsers on iOS do not allow you to download files because iOS does not have a user accessible file system. You can probably listen to the file in the browser, but that's it.
Thanks, Rich. Love my iphone but ... sometimes. Okay, very interesting! Had NO idea this could be from someone else's Dropbox. Weird for an online course. Thanks again.
