I had a feeling that might be the case. :-) Hmmm, unfortunately, either I am missing something, or there doesn't appear to be any obvious way to move files from one folder to another via the website.
The reason I created the shared folder on the website itself, rather than on my own machine, is because from what I understand, there isn't a very voiceover-friendly way of accessing certain options, such as inviting someone to have access to a given folder or sending a link to someone for a specific file. Is this still the case? -- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote: > Hello Jenny and all: > > Ah, that is what I was wanting to know. That shared folder may not appear out > of the box given how your friend set it up. However, if you or your friend > could move those items into either the public folder or the photos folder > (operating from the premise that the items are photographs), you ought to be > able to see them then. > > If you want to have a little bit of fun and you own an iphone ... grab the > app. It is free and may provide you with another perspective on the > functionality of dropbox. > > Take good care and I wish you enough. > On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, thank you for taking the time to respond! No, I haven't tried >> placing anything in the folder myself, but I will do so at some point today. >> I finally got dropbox installed and setup this morning, so it hasn't been >> all that long. I had created a new shared folder via the website, and my >> friend uploaded about sixteen folders containing around 20 - 25 files each >> into the shared folder I had created. The shared folder I created on the >> website isn't even showing up under the dropbox folder on my machine. >> >> -- >> >> Jenny Wood >> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >> Email: kc5...@gmail.com >> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote: >> >>> Hello Jenny and all: >>> >>> I do not know how long it has been since you got dropbox installed and >>> running. I had posted some photographs to my dropbox account and then >>> installed it on another computer. It took a while ... a while defined as >>> about 20 minutes because I was using a slower connection than the one at >>> the office and there were a number of videos. >>> >>> As for the other files that were placed in your account by someone else, >>> they should appear although how they were placed in terms of structure may >>> be effecting your being able to see them. >>> >>> Have you attempted to place anything in the folders yourself? >>> >>> Take good care and I wish you enough. >>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Paul. Thank you very much for the response! For some reason, I have >>>> never successfully setup dropbox on my mac, apparently. So, I scrapped >>>> all of the previous installation and installers, revisited dropbox.com and >>>> started fresh. This time, I did manage to make get through the setup >>>> process without a hitch. Dropbox is running, and my dropbox folder is >>>> created and ready for use. I think my only question at this point is, I >>>> still have a folder containing many files on the website. I would love to >>>> have them sync to my mac, or somehow retrieve them. They were placed >>>> there by another dropbox user who I had invited to access my new folder. >>>> However, I am unable to find a way to actually download them to my >>>> computer. As I say, dropbox is definitely running, but I don't see >>>> anything at all in the new dropbox folder. Does it perhaps take some time >>>> for this to happen? >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Jenny Wood >>>> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >>>> Email: kc5...@gmail.com >>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Jenny Wood, >>>>> Dropbox is usable on the mac. Not entirely accessible, but it is now >>>>> usable. If you downloaded the installer from dropbox.com recently, you >>>>> will have noticed that at least the dropbox mac setup is now fully >>>>> accessible. That was not the case a while ago, so that is a nice >>>>> improvement. >>>>> >>>>> Second: why bother with the web interface. If you have more than one >>>>> device that you want to use dropbox on, then the idea is simple. The >>>>> dropbox website is your main place of storage. You can fill it with >>>>> files, by having your mac dropbox client upload stuff to that space on >>>>> the web. >>>>> On your mac, inside your home folder, you have a new folder named >>>>> dropbox. You can reach this folder by hitting command shift h for your >>>>> home folder in finder. You will see documents, music and all your stuff >>>>> there, plus this new dropbox folder. Go into it, and drop anything you >>>>> want uploaded to the sight inside this home dropbox folder on your mac. >>>>> The upload will happen automatically, without any other user >>>>> intervention. A while later, you will find these files on the web in your >>>>> dropbox account. Of course, dropbox will have to be running on the mac >>>>> for this to happen. >>>>> >>>>> If you now install dropbox on a second device, say an iPod touch, an >>>>> iPhone, or a windows computer, then all files in the dropbox space on the >>>>> web will automatically be downloaded to the new device. All you need to >>>>> do to make this happen, is install dropbox on the new device, and login >>>>> with your account. >>>>> >>>>> To know if dropbox is running or not on your mac, you can check your >>>>> users and groups item in system preferences. Go to the menu bar, vo m, go >>>>> down to system preferences with vo down arrow, vo space on it, then move >>>>> over to preference panes, and interact with that. Now go to users and >>>>> groups. You can arrow around, or you can hit u s e in quick succession to >>>>> have the vo cursor move to users and groups. Hit vo space to open this >>>>> item. Then hit vo space on the login items tab. Move right, till you are >>>>> on a list box with your programs that startup automatically each time you >>>>> turn on your mac, and interact with the table. Look up and down and see >>>>> if there is an item called dropbox. If you find it here, then you know >>>>> that dropbox is always active from now on, and that the installation of >>>>> dropbox succeeded. If you don't find it, you will have to redo the >>>>> installation of dropbox, so that the dropbox item appears here. Once you >>>>> have it in place, simply copy or move files into your home dropbox folder >>>>> on the mac to have them uploaded to the web space. As soon as you synch >>>>> your second device with the internet, all files you uploaded on the mac >>>>> will appear there as well. If you delete something, doesn't matter from >>>>> which device, it will also be deleted from all other drop boxed devices. >>>>> You don't need the web interface at all, nor do you need to see the >>>>> interface of your mac dropbox client. Just be sure that it is running, >>>>> and if it's not, just start it from your applications folder, command >>>>> shift a. If at some point you want to get rid of dropbox, simply remove >>>>> the dropbox entry from your user and groups login items table, reboot >>>>> your mac so that the dropbox process is no longer running, and then trash >>>>> the dropbox app away from your applications folder >>>>> Hth, >>>>> Paul. >>>>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Good day all. I have just started playing with dropbox, so I am very >>>>>> new to this particular service. I understand that there are all kinds >>>>>> of accessibility issues with dropbox on Lion, but I am curious, if there >>>>>> is a way to download an entire folder from the website interface without >>>>>> sight? The instructions are most definitely geared toward the sighted, >>>>>> and I haven't been able to find a work around as of yet. I can manage >>>>>> to download individual files, but going about it this way will take an >>>>>> eternity I'm sure. As expected, I haven't been able to make heads or >>>>>> tails of the desktop app. I am running Lion, btw, with the latest >>>>>> updates. 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