For online-only applications that already handle reauthentication, users may experience more reauthentication prompts. On September 30, 2021, Dropbox will retire the creation of long-lived access tokens, which will result in all new tokens being short-lived. The next thing is to get the token without expiration, however as of September 30, 2021, dropbox does not allow you to create a token without expiration. We go to the part of “Permissions”, we mark the following options and click on “Submit”. Select the following options and we will place the name of your app.Ĥ. Go to the page to create the Dropbox app.ģ. These instructions will cover the same information in closer detail, so select the option “Skip Tour” and then press “Finish”.1. 11) The following window offers you a tour of Dropbox. Note: if you choose to set it up now, enter your cell phone number into the box provided.

If you would like to do this, you can either enter your information on this screen now, or go look at our iPhone set up instructions later. 10) The following window helps you connect your account with your smartphone. As the installer recommends, choose the option “Typical”. 9) The next screen will ask you to “Choose setup type”.

You can apply this upgrade to your account at any time, though these instructions will not cover that process. Note: If you desire more space for your Dropbox account, you can opt to pay for 100-200 GB of additional space. 8) In the following window, select the option “2GB”, then press “Continue”.

7) Fill in the email and password boxes with the account information you created in Section 1, then press “Continue”. 6) On the next screen that appears, click the option that says, “I already have a Dropbox account”, then press “Continue”. 5) If a window appears asking if you want to open the Dropbox application, click “open”. 4) Double click on the blue Dropbox icon in the new window. 3) Open the file “dropbox.dmg” to start the installer. If it does not appear there, you can alternatively find it in your computer’s download folder. 2) Locate the downloaded file named “Dropbox.dmg” Note: If you’re using Safari, the downloaded file should appear in Safari’s download folder, which you can access by clicking the download icon in the top right hand corner of the browser window. 1) On again, click “Download Dropbox” on the left side of the webpage.

Create a dropbox app