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Caren43893
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
I have some questions when it comes to sharing files from a free Basic account.
Hello, Sorry if these is a really obvious question but I'm confused and would really value some help please.
I'm a manager for a small local voluntary / charity group which produces a short loc...
- 2 months ago
Welcome Caren43893 !
1) Yes they will 🙂 As long as they have enough space on their account they will be fine.
2) Yes. Thats how shared folders work - as long as they go to the web to get the updated files, or, have Dropbox running on a computer the changes will sync down to it.
3) They can add any file, at all, in to the share which will sync with everybody in that folder as long as they have enough quota - and everybody else does to get the files as well (or it wont download for them).
4) They will need an account and can either use the website or the software.
5) They will auto get shared access to sub folders of the directory you share.
Rich
Super User II
Caren43893 wrote:
In the free account I have placed one main file, and there are four subfiles inside it.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- Yes.
- They can just use the Dropbox website if they don't want to install the application.
- No. Whatever access they have to the main folder, they will have for all subfolders.
Caren43893
2 months agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you - really helpful to know
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