Hi Paul! Well, now that dropbox appears to be installed correctly, I will most definitely rely primarily on the dropbox folder on my mac. The only issue I am having currently, is retrieving files shared from a friend to the folder I created on the web. That folder doesn't show up on my mac for whatever reason. So, as a tedious work-around, I am downloading each individual file to my downloads folder, then moving them to the desired location. Mind you, these are files that were never on my own mac before, but rather shared from a friend.
-- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: kc5...@gmail.com Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:37 PM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Jenny, > You don't need to do anything via the website any more. Focus on your > /home/dropbox folder on your mac. To move files from one folder inside your > dropbox to another folder in dropbox, just use finder as usual. The dropbox > app will notice what you are doing, and reflect the file move immediately, > and automagically, to the website. Just forget about the website. Now you can > do anything from your mac to your dropbox. You can even move files into and > out of your dropbox. Move something in, and the running dropbox app will > notice it, upload it and that's that. All other connected devices will then > synch and receive what you moved into your dropbox. Move something out of > your dropbox, and the running mac dropbox app wil notice it, and delete the > stuff you moved out of your dropbox from all connected devices as well. To > invite other people, it is possible and sometimes desirable to use the > website. > Hth, > Paul. > On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:12 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > >> 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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