Sharing with Dropbox to share a folder
- Visit with your web browser to the Dropbox Website and login (via "Login" in the upper-right corner) in your Account.
- Now you will see the folder view of your Dropbox storage. Make click with the mouse, right-click on the folder that you want to give to others freely. Here, select the first entry "invite To folder". Note: In the case of public folders, you can only provide the Link, since these are already accessible for all.
- A new window will open (see Screenshot). Here, you can tap into the upper line of the e-Mail addresses, for the the Dropbox folder will be shared. Tip: right-Click in the row on "import contacts", you can use your Gmail, Facebook or Yahoo!Mail contacts in Dropbox integration. After that, you can also select recipients by Name. You want to enter multiple E-Mail addresses, separate them with a comma.
- Make sure you allow the check in the "users to invite others" have set. By default, this Option is enabled. But you do not want the Dropbox folder can be shared with others, you should remove the hook.
- In the lower field you can enter an optional message to the recipient. To confirm, click on "folder".
- Attention: you Have shared a Dropbox folder for others, they can't see directly in your Dropbox. With the release of the folder, the recipient receives an E-Mail with a Link to the Dropbox Homepage. This is the invitation to your Dropbox must be accepted-folder first. After that, your friend or colleague about the Dropbox on the PC, Mac, Androidor iOSdevice to access the shared folder.
Dropbox-share folders
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