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No option to open Dropbox link in Finder?

I seem to be missing the setting that allows me to open Dropbox folders in finder instead of in a browser. Can someone please tell me how to open a Dropbox link in Finder? My Mac is: macOS Monterey; Version 12.5.

Two images are attached. As you can see in the second screen shot, I do not have the option I am seeing available to others online. Screen Shot 2022-11-10 at 4.52.16 PM.png

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Rich

@theactualangie wrote:
How can I adjust whatever settings need to be adjusted, so that I have the option to click a Dropbox link and open the folder in Finder?

Has that ever been an option? Dropbox links have always opened in a browser because they're links to a website. To the best of my knowledge, you could never click a link and have it open in Explorer or Finder.

The option you highlighted in the Preferences wasn't for opening links in Finder vs. the website. It was for opening folders either in Finder or the Dropbox desktop app, which no longer exists.

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Walter

Hey @theactualangie, welcome to our Community and happy Friday!

I'm afraid the option you're referring to is not present any more within our desktop app, that's why you're not seeing it when you open the app's preferences.

That being said, can you give us some additional information about the issue you're facing?

Are all the files you try to open on your computer redirecting you to the website?

Keep me posted!

theactualangie

Oh no, that's super frustrating! I store everything in Dropbox and have links to folders saved for quick access. But the issue is that when I click the link, it takes me to a browser window, and I'm not able to drag and drop images, etc. like I need to be able to do. How can I adjust whatever settings need to be adjusted, so that I have the option to click a Dropbox link and open the folder in Finder?

Rich

@theactualangie wrote:
How can I adjust whatever settings need to be adjusted, so that I have the option to click a Dropbox link and open the folder in Finder?

The option you highlighted in the Preferences wasn't for opening links in Finder vs. the website. It was for opening folders either in Finder or the Dropbox desktop app, which no longer exists.

Screenshot 2021-10-02 at 12.31.05 AM.png

theactualangie

Oh I see. It would still be incredibly helpful if I could open a link from my own Dropbox account in a Finder window, instead of just in a browser tab. I don't understand how this is not already an option.

theactualangie

I store everything in Dropbox and have links to folders saved for quick access. But the issue is that when I click the link, it takes me to a browser window, and I'm not able to drag and drop images, etc. like I need to be able to do. It would be much preferred to be able to click a link and open my own folder in Finder.

Walter

Thank you for your feedback on this @theactualangie - it's been noted in our system.

Let us know if you have anything else to add or ask.

dennisg1

I have the same issue which is extremely frustrating.

I used to look for a folder in my dropbox via spotlight and right-clicked on the folder in the spotlight results bar to access it directly (for example to save a file in this folder). Since this option is gone I am redirected to the dropbox app which is extremely useless since I do not want to use the dropbox app and am unable to locate the folder anymore.

Please bring this back. It is a must-have for me. Otherwise I don't have any option to access a folder in my dropbox through spotlight anymore.

Here's the link for the video: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jztlapvcbkaswgg/Screen%20Recording%202022-12-08%20at%2000.49.50.mov?dl=0

Jay

Hi @dennisg1, could you try the steps in this post to re-index the Dropbox folder in Spotlight?

dennisg1

Hi Jay,

Unfortunately it did not worked, I reindexed the dropbox folder in Spotlight without success.

This is extremely unfortunate and did not happen in the previous versions of Dropbox. Why did you remove the feature to open a dropbox link in Finder? This is product decision is not understandable for me.

Thanks for your reply.

Dennis

lisaklingner

We run files through dropbox and are continually sharing file links with each other for easy access - however really dislike how the links open in a web browser and not in finder - we have dropbox set up on Macs and would love the option to open in finder so we can use applications on our computer to edit them eg Word, Excel etc and not have to use web versions.

Is this likely to be an option in the future?

Megan

Hi @lisaklingner, welcome to our Community!

Your feedback regarding our shared links has been very valuable and I will endeavor to make sure your voice is heard.

I'll forward your thoughts to the appropriate areas so we can continue to improve.

If you need anything else, let me know!

lisaklingner

Hi Megan

I have just received notification of a new update for Dropbox for Mac uses. Does this address the issue I was having at all?
Thanks

Rich

@lisaklingner wrote:
I have just received notification of a new update for Dropbox for Mac uses. Does this address the issue I was having at all?

No. Links will still open in a browser on the Dropbox website, as intended.

lisaklingner

Ok thanks Rich, very disappointing

kolossal

Don’t know why this is marked as Solved. This is one of those features that I thought Dropbox supported and am disappointed every day to find out it doesn't.

In my opinion an absolute basic feature. Either there should be an option in the Finder to copy a direct link to the Dropbox file so that other team members can open it directly in the Finder and/or a button in the web interface: "Open file in Finder"

Gaz1860

This is one of the most infuriating things about dropbox, as a team we're always sharing links to audio files via Slack - it's useless to me to open a file in a browser, i want to be able to open it in finder so we can edit it