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Hi Trongo, Yes, I understand everything you outlined, and I was doing the following: * Copy over a file (away from Dropbox) > new file, same old name, same old ID > same shared link I never deleted the file. I replaced the file under the same name. However, yesterday it was not preserving the shared link. When I asked…
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Hi Trongo, Copy the new file over the old file some place NOT in Dropbox web page (Not sure what you mean by this. I copy it under Locations > Dropbox on my Mac. When I do this in Drobpox via Web broswer it works great. Just not when I replace file in Dropbox location on Mac.) Answer YES when the copy dialog asks: "Do you…
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I had high hopes for the new MacOS version of Dropbox, but unfortunately, the problem persists. When you REPLACE a file on your Mac under Locations > Dropbox by using the same file name as the original, it DELETES, not replaces the original file in Dropbox, and thus breaks the link. Sigh. 😉 Back to only replacing files in…
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Hello, I think what he is trying to explain is exactly what happened to me above. When you use the dropbox desktop app on your computer to replace a file with the same name, it deletes the LINK, thereby breaking the link which you may have already shared publicly in multiple places. Big headache. This never used to happen,…
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Yes, I think it must have been a recent OS update that broke it. But after the latest update, it is working again. Thank you for your help. Molly
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Hello. Thank you for your response. Well, it wasn't working previously, for about a month's period. It was breaking my links. But I just tried again and now it is working!!! Horray! Just FYI, unless I misunderstood, when I contacted dropbox support the person who helped me told me that it is expected that the link will…
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Yes, and yes. Thank you.
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Hello Rich I am working from a Mac using the desktop application from mac. I make PDFs of my podcast show notes using an extension on my browser. I then download the file to my computer and save it in the appropriate folder on Dropbox. When I notice a typo that I need to fix on my show notes. I make a new PDF and then go…
