> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dfine.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Download shared files

> Paste a Review share link into dfine.io Desktop and pull its original files at full size, with pause and resume.

The **Download** tab fetches the files of a share link straight to your Mac. You get the originals at full size, the folder structure comes along, and a transfer that breaks off picks up where it stopped. No sign-in: the link is the permission.

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## Download a share

<Steps>
  <Step title="Paste the link">
    Copy the share link you were sent and paste it into **Share link**. Then click **Open share link**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Unlock it if asked">
    If the share is protected, a **Password** field appears. Enter the password you were given and click **Unlock**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick what you need">
    The **Files** list shows the share like the file table in your browser, with **Name**, **Items** and **Size**. Open folders to go deeper, and tick the files or folders you want.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start the transfer">
    Click **Download** and choose a folder on your Mac. The app recreates the folders there and fills them file by file.
  </Step>
</Steps>

While it runs, **Progress**, **Transferred**, **Speed** and **Time left** show where you are. **Pause** holds the transfer and turns into **Resume**. **Cancel** stops it. When everything is in, the app says **Download complete**.

## Good to know

**Only Review share links work.** The app accepts links that point to `review.dfine.app/share/`. Anything else is refused before a single byte moves.

**Opening from the browser.** A share page in the browser can hand its link to the app directly. The app asks once whether to open that share before it does anything.

**Locked folders stay closed.** A folder with its own password shows a lock and does not open here, because its contents never reach the app. Download such a folder in your browser for now.

**Versions come as a family.** A file with several versions lists them together, the newest on top. The one marked **Original** is the first upload.

**Reset** clears the link and the list, so you can open a different share.


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