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CWayman
3 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Accessing an Organization's Account
I have been given links to get into an account for which I serve on the Board of Directors. Each time I click the link, I am taken to my own Dropbox account, not the account of the organization. I lo...
- 3 years ago
CWayman wrote:
I am not storing these files in my Dropbox account. I have them on my hard drive. I want to upload them from my hard drive up to the organization Dropbox account into a folder the Executive Director kindly created for me.The files may not be in your Dropbox account now, but if you're a member of a shared folder and you add those files to the folder, then they will be in your Dropbox account, which is why you need enough available space to be a member of a shared folder. You're not uploading to a folder in their account. You're uploading to a folder in your account which is then synced to a similar folder in their account.
CWayman
Helpful | Level 5
I am not storing these files in my Dropbox account. I have them on my hard drive. I want to upload them from my hard drive up to the organization Dropbox account into a folder the Executive Director kindly created for me.
I have other files in my own Dropbox account. I have already deleted many of them. I can’t delete any more of them. I need them. They are voice files of friends and relatives who have died, and their Funeral Talks.
I have other files in my own Dropbox account. I have already deleted many of them. I can’t delete any more of them. I need them. They are voice files of friends and relatives who have died, and their Funeral Talks.
Rich
3 years agoSuper User II
CWayman wrote:
I am not storing these files in my Dropbox account. I have them on my hard drive. I want to upload them from my hard drive up to the organization Dropbox account into a folder the Executive Director kindly created for me.
The files may not be in your Dropbox account now, but if you're a member of a shared folder and you add those files to the folder, then they will be in your Dropbox account, which is why you need enough available space to be a member of a shared folder. You're not uploading to a folder in their account. You're uploading to a folder in your account which is then synced to a similar folder in their account.
- CWayman3 years agoHelpful | Level 5You are a Dropbox Genius, Rich! Thank you.
This is what I will do:
1. Upgrade my account from free to something else.
2. Get the ED to send me a file request.
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