Erwin Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Koh asked me to send him a folder full of files for his Afrika Korps/North Africa project. But we have both completely forgotten how to set up a dropbox to do that. (Early onset senility in my case.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom_Tomato Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Create a new folder in Dropbox. Add the files you want. Right click on your folder and select copy Dropbox link. Send this link to Koh. Alternatively you can open the Dropbox app and share the folder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 You mean "Copy link address" and paste that in a message to Koh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heirloom_Tomato Posted May 29, 2021 Share Posted May 29, 2021 Yes. That should do the trick. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 29, 2021 Author Share Posted May 29, 2021 Still having problems. Koh says: "I clicked and all I see are my dropbox folders." (Bloody stoopid non-intuitive technology!) What are we doing wrong? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Did you select "Share" and add Phil? (I haven't set up a new DB for a while, but I am certain you still need to "share" the file. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Who knows. We figured out something else. Having similar confusion with the dropbox(es) we use for the Radzy team campaign. (Man this makes me really miss CM1 - PBEM was so much simpler.) Dropbox and some other programs are totally non-intuitive for those of us who think a different way than one of their (presumably) 12 year old programmers brought up on social media and smart phones I guess. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkerner Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 16 minutes ago, Erwin said: Dropbox and some other programs are totally non-intuitive for those of us who think a different way than one of their (presumably) 12 year old programmers brought up on social media and smart phones I guess. Couldn't agree more, lol! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, Erwin said: Who knows. We figured out something else. Having similar confusion with the dropbox(es) we use for the Radzy team campaign. (Man this makes me really miss CM1 - PBEM was so much simpler.) Dropbox and some other programs are totally non-intuitive for those of us who think a different way than one of their (presumably) 12 year old programmers brought up on social media and smart phones I guess. Hello... This has worked for me when using dropbox... - Ones you have uploaded the file to dropbox...Hover the mouse pointer over that filename and you should see a number of symbols showing up to the rightof the filename...left-click on the symbol most to the right (the one with 3 dots) and you will get a dropdown menu showing up...in this list left click the COPY LINK... This link will NOT be the same as the one you get when you simply rightclicking the filename and selecting copy link... Doing it as i described above has worked for me... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 I appreciate the advice. My criticism is that Dropbox makes it look like all sorts of folders and files including private stuff is available to view by anyone who logs in. Heart attack time! The concept of having all those folders and files show when I log in is not intuitive to me at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glubokii Boy Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 4 hours ago, Erwin said: I appreciate the advice. My criticism is that Dropbox makes it look like all sorts of folders and files including private stuff is available to view by anyone who logs in. Heart attack time! The concept of having all those folders and files show when I log in is not intuitive to me at all. I had simular concerns initially but if you create the link to the file you want to share and then log out from drop-box and use that link to download the file you will see that the link only provides access that particular file...and nothing else... Atleast thats what it seems like to me...(not being a computer guru either ). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Erwin said: I appreciate the advice. My criticism is that Dropbox makes it look like all sorts of folders and files including private stuff is available to view by anyone who logs in. Heart attack time! The concept of having all those folders and files show when I log in is not intuitive to me at all. Hm, I would not upload real private stuff to Dropbox anyway. Nothing what you would not like to share with everybody. Certainly not your tax declaration or similar.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwolf Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 36 minutes ago, StieliAlpha said: Hm, I would not upload real private stuff to Dropbox anyway. Nothing what you would not like to share with everybody. Certainly not your tax declaration or similar.... Depends. A dropbox account with 2-factor authentication (not SMS, something decent like Google authenticator) can be a lot more secure than a random home windows pc, especially one with unencrypted harddrive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted June 1, 2021 Share Posted June 1, 2021 58 minutes ago, Redwolf said: Depends. A dropbox account with 2-factor authentication (not SMS, something decent like Google authenticator) can be a lot more secure than a random home windows pc, especially one with unencrypted harddrive. Yeah, I know, I know. It’s probably due to my age, that I not necessarily a fan of such external solutions. Plus years and years ago, when Dropbox was still quite new and I still quite stupid, I lost several years worth of photos due to Dropbox “abuse”. But that’s a different story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted June 1, 2021 Author Share Posted June 1, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, StieliAlpha said: I would not upload real private stuff to Dropbox anyway. Nothing what you would not like to share with everybody. Certainly not your tax declaration or similar.... No no no... Don't be ridiculous, am not as stoopid as I look. I was only uploading naked pics of models and strippers and private sex movies etc. Edited June 1, 2021 by Erwin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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