You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Changing or transferring ownership of a Family plan
We have a family plan. The family manager is no longer continuing in that role, so what we need to do is transfer ownership to allow one of the other members within the family plan to take on the role of manager and become responsible for future payments when they are due. We have been told thatif we want to change the person who is the manager for our Family, we will need to cancel the plan, then have the person who will be the new Family manager purchase a new Family plan and re-invite ALL the family members. 1) What happens when the current plan is cancelled? Will everyone lose their files? Will the shared family folder also disappear with all the important files in it? 2) What happens to those who are not part of the family, but who have been given access to certain folders for viewing? Will we have to re-invite ALL those people too or is their access retained?
No option to disable downloads for shared links on Dropbox Plus
Straight to the point - there is no way to prevent downloads with the ‘PLUS’ plan. Previously, you could set to ‘view’ and prevent downloading. Now… the options are awful. View should mean view. The Dropbox answer? Upgrade to ESSENTIALS - preventing downloading should be available to all users. And other options are available. So that’s why I am leaving Dropbox.
Do all members need paid plans to download our files?
I'm on the board of an international PR organization. Does it matter what subscription the organization has (Dropbox Plus, Business, etc.) for all members (20) to access and download files? Since we have lots of data, do the individuals d/l files need bigger storage plans to access the group's data files? HenryHow to share Family Folder with a third person, but only Online
Hello, I have shared the Family Folder with a person. I need to share the same Family Folder, with another person. I want that this person only have online access; dont download to his computer. How can I do it? When I will get that, if the both person open the same file inside the Family Folder, what will happen? Thanks in advice for your time
Preview file
I used to be able to preview a folder and files without upgrading my plan. Now when I attempt to do this a pop-up tells me that I have to upgrade my plan and there is no way to click out of the option. This happens on the mobile app as well as on the desktop version and website. I am only using half of my accounts capacity but can’t even preview additional files shared with me that I need. Can anyone help?