To do this, I created a top level folder full of folder aliases in my Dropbox. Partly in response to Taking Control of your Digital Legacy, I decided to make my most important folders, many of which are deeply nested, more accessible. Now if only Dropbox for iOS and iPadOS would follow Alias folders, I’d be golden! It reminds me a little of Google Drive which optionally treats an uploaded file with the same name as a new version of an existing file. Regardless, I haven’t yet found a use for the desktop app in my Dropbox workflows.) If you don’t see the app in your Applications folder, your version of Dropbox probably isn’t up to date-mine claims it’s current at version 87.3.127. (What, you didn’t realize that Dropbox now has its own dedicated Mac app with a file browser-like interface? You can open it from the Applications folder or by clicking the folder icon in the Dropbox menu-bar app. If you were wondering, navigating to the folder in the new Dropbox desktop app and dragging the new file into the app’s window results in an error message. (The file name needs to be the same, obviously.) When you do that, Dropbox replaces the old file with the new one but does not change the underlying Dropbox link URL. Load the Dropbox Web site in a browser, navigate to the folder that contains the file you want to replace, and then drag the file into that browser window to replace it. Here’s the trick to replacing a file without changing its link. This is true regardless of whether you replace the file in the Finder or use Save As or Export from within an app. Dropbox will appear to sync the file, but since it’s really deleting the old file and replacing it with the new one, the underlying Dropbox link URL will change. Exported file: If the file is in a distribution format, like PDF, you’ll need to edit the file in its native format, export it, and replace the previous version.Dropbox syncs the changes and updates the file without changing the link. Editable document: If the shared file is one you can easily edit, like a text file, word-processing document, or image, you can simply open, modify, and save it.Now you need to replace the file with a new version, but you want to make sure the Dropbox link URL remains the same to avoid confusion on the part of your collaborators. The scenario is simple: You’ve shared a file in Dropbox and sent its link to a bunch of people. TipBITS: Replace a Shared Dropbox File without Changing Its Link
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These steps are similar to removing from Windows 8.
If you’re a user of Windows 7 or Vista then you must follow the below-listed steps to uninstall Dropbox. Now click on Uninstall a program under Programs Select Dropbox & click uninstall Uninstall Dropbox from Windows 7 & Vista. To remove Dropbox from Mac but not deleting. Remove Dropbox from Mac without Deleting Files.
After a recent update to the 'new' Dropbox, the Dropbox application itself now opens itself and slaps a big Dropbox icon in my Dock which I don't. On the Mac, in the past, I've liked just having a small discrete Dropbox icon on my menu bar to monitor things and then accessed my files from the Finder. Before getting into the process, note that uninstalling Dropbox from a Mac computer is not the same as deleting the app. Whether Dropbox is overheating your Mac, eating up space, or you just want to uninstall it and reinstall later, or maybe you have any other reason, here is how to uninstall Dropbox from Mac. Click on the “ Notifications ” (or “Action center”) button in the FAR. How to Disable Dropbox Notifications Windows 10. Restart your computer to complete the uninstall. Select Get Dropbox or Dropbox X GB from the application list, where 'X' is the amount of space corresponding to your promotion.