The shortcut for quit process at least in snl is cmd option q. I forgot where I got that piece of info but there ya go. Good luck in uninstalling.
S On Nov 8, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Hai Nguyen wrote: > Good afternoon Daniel, > In order to remove the dropbox application, you will need to first stop the > running process, since Dropbox is a service that runs in the background. > To do this, navigate to the utilities folder from the finder by pressing > command+shift+u. > Next, navigate to the activity monitor application and open it. > In activity monitor, navigate to the processes table and start typing in > dropbox. This should highlight the dropbox process in the table. > Vo to the left to the toolbar and interact with the toolbar. Navigate to the > right to the quit process button and press VO space. You should be presented > with a dialog asking you if you really want to quit the process. Once you > confirm this dialog, you should be able to delete the dropbox application > from your machine. > hth > On Nov 8, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Daniel K. Gartmann wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Has anybody tried deleting the DropBox application from the MAC yet? >> >> When I go to the application in the applications folder and choose the "move >> to trash" option, I get the message that the program is open so it can't be >> trashed. >> >> Now, when I go ahead and do a cmd+o to open it, I get the message saying >> that "DropBox has no windows" and I can't do anything to close the program. >> >> I think that some info is escaping VO, so therefore this question here on >> this list. >> >> Could be a general procedure that I am doing wrong here. >> >> Hope to hear from someone who managed to delete the application. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Daniel >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.