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theactualangie
Helpful | Level 5
3 years ago

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; ...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    3 years ago
    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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theactualangie
Helpful | Level 5

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.

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Walter
Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
3 years ago

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's avatar
    dennisg1
    Explorer | Level 4
    2 years ago

    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's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Staff rankDropbox Staff
      2 years ago

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

      • dennisg1's avatar
        dennisg1
        Explorer | Level 4
        2 years ago

        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

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