Dropbox – Download Complete Shared Folder in Photos

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Is there any way to allow someone to download the whole shared Photos folder on Dropbox and not only individual files? Preferable a solution that doesn't require the receiver to register on Dropbox?

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You could try this method posted on Mac OS X Hints:

Just stick the folder of files into your public folder, and head to the Dropbox webapp. Click on the folder you want to share, then click the “Get Link” button at the top of the page. Add ?dl=1 to the end of it, and send that link to your friends. It’ll zip the file up for them and download it to their computer. (Lifehacker synopsis)

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N easy way to download entire folders from the Dropbox website

This is pretty easy. Simply check the check box next to the folder(s) you want to download and then go to

More Actions > Download Folder

You can also do this to download multiple files within a folder. Check all the items you want to download and then go to

More Actions > Download Items

Dropbox Links – How to Create a Public Link from a Shared Folder

The link generated for a file is something like this:

https://www.dropbox.com/_someRandomStrings_/_theNameOfTheFile

If you replace www with dl it will take you directly to the respective file. Alternatively, adding ?dl=1 at the end of the link above, will redirect it to the dl.dropbox.com URL.

Now, if you have the link to a folder and you add ?dl=1 at the end, it will start downloading it as an archive.

Source. And the official source.

(I have tested the method and it works.)

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Dropbox Links – How to Create a Public Link from a Shared Folder

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