Mark Super User II

Personally I cannot comment on it as I dont use it. I know lots do. For me I just encrypt my whole hard drive (Mac) and then have strong passwords on the user accounts so nobody else can access it.

Welcome to the forum! You seem to have missed the fact that Dropbox is a syncing tool. It is designed to have EVERYTHING on your local machine as well as in the cloud and on any linked devices for that exact reason. So, everything you put in Dropbox is in a folder on your machine called 'Dropbox' which is accessible to…

Thats because it isnt being downloaded, its just previewing via the website (IE/Edge etc. is really bad at this). The only way to do it otherwise would be to download it to the computer and then NOT use the 'open' options in Edge and open it via wherever it was downloaded to.

*moves to API area*

You'll need to download them to a device first before re-uploading to Dropbox I'm afraid. I'm not aware of any transfer tools which will do it for you

Change log!?

You can set it so that they cannot share THAT ONE SPECIFIC folder. But there is *nothing* to stop them copying the files to another folder and sharing a link to that.

The issue was fixed in the next release (i.e. in October) I'm afraid Joe hence no more posts. Therefore the issue is not this one. Have you made sure you have location services turned on for Dropbox on your phone?

You are welcome. But just to add. Please remember that NOTHING can ever stop somebody who wants to pass something on. Even with sharing controls

See https://www.dropbox.com/help/files-folders/shared-links And you'll need a Professional or higher account to do it

You can download files that are sync'd you just need to tap on the ... first. See: That is for an Excel spreadsheet which IS downloaded locally. I clicked on the file which opened it in Excel online and then clicked on the ...'s to get that menu. Not very user friendly I agree though. OR If you want to download multiple…

You cant I'm afraid - everything on the internet (not just Dropbox) is shareable if they have the link. So, the only way to stop it is to make sure the other person doesnt pass it on. You could add passwords etc. to the link or file, but, that doesnt stop the other person sending it. You could also put it in a Shared…

No it doesnt, sorry.

Out of interest does the same thing happen in other applications (e.g. Word?)

No, sorry. The only work around would be to edit it yourself so it became Modified by you on the date you did it on.

All I can suggest is recontacting support at http://dropbox.zendesk.com, but, as Excel is actually provided by Microsoft it maybe that they need to work with them to resolve the issue. Also, i know you said it was 5 days but please remember they only work Mon-Fri so weekends do not count. Also, if you are not a paying user…

Public is the old terminology for how you used to share files - it was within a folder called "Public" hence why it still gets used occasionally.

It works exactly as the help links above show.... you create a link to a file or folder and then ANYBODY with that link can access that file. It is not, however, searchable via Google etc. nor is it editable and the only thing they can access is that file/folder nothing else. With paid accounts you can put additional…

I suggest speaking to the Microsoft people about the error sebrame - maybe contact their forums?

Sadly, from looking round here you are.... SOMETHING on your network is blocking Dropbox - your ISP maybe? Your corporate filtering if at work?

Can you post exact software version numbers?

They will need to get admin privileges then to do the install - even if they are given just temporarily.

The option to open files with is handled by iOS so that is something which you need to change within the Apple software. Dropbox doesnt control who takes the files

The issue isnt with Dropbox if you opened the files in Adobe, its an Adobe one. 

Try selective sync: https://www.dropbox.com/help/175

Potential Bug - renaming a file on the web interface causes the pop up on my Mac desktop client to say '2 files changed'. Able to consistently replicate.

There is - if you do it as we've said. Reading your last post you have sent a read only shared link ( https://www.dropbox.com/help/files-folders/shared-links ) rather than a shared folder ( https://www.dropbox.com/help/files-folders/shared-or-private-folder )

Make sure all firewalls etc. are off and try an advanced install: https://help.dropbox.com/desktop-web/advanced-reinstall

Dont use their Apple ID - you need to use the email address they've set up Dropbox with.

As long as you add them to the share Matthew, and they accept, it will auto appear on their iOS devices :)