Hello Jenny: Glad to hear that your shared folder is available to you ;). I know that is a relieve.
Yes, selecting the advanced setup provides you with a few more options ... one of them being seeing the folders you create rather than simply the folders that come with the package out of the box :). If you want to send a link to share with someone you could: 1. focus upon the file or folder you wish to share. 2. Perform a VO + Shift + M keystroke to bring up the menu. 3. Arrow down until you here the dropbox option. 4. Press the right arrow key and then arrow down until you here copy public link. 5. Press enter. Now you can paste the link into an email and send it to whomever you like and they will be able to see it. Let us know if that proves helpful n any way. Take good care and I wish you enough. On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > Hi Patrick, Paul & all. Okay, so I don't know exactly what happened, but > after having removed and reinstalled the dropbox desktop app a number of > times, my newly created shared folder and all of it's contents are suddenly > showing up! I am completely beside myself here, thrilled, but baffled. The > only difference in the process this time was selecting the Advanced setup > verses the Typical setup, and having killed off the previous link to my > account and recreating it. It didn't prompt me for any additional > information after having chosen Advanced setup though. Interesting. > So, I was able to view, or rather, listen, to your video with no problem. > That's really my only other big hangup about using the desktop app, although > the website is just as unaccessible, I am still not sure how I will go about > sending a public link when the time comes. But I am so excited to finally > see my files! ;-) > > Thank you guys, for your continued help! > > -- > > Jenny Wood > Phone: (972) 989-3894 > Email: kc5...@gmail.com > Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni > > > > > On Sep 27, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote: > >> Hello Jenny and all: >> >> When installing dropbox you have the option of using the regular or advanced >> setup options. The regular setup options provide you with the public and >> photo folders at the completion of the installation. The advanced options >> provide you with a list of folders dropbox may point to which you establish. >> I have not played much with the advanced option though it is my guess that >> your shared folder was not designated to be seen upon initial setup and you >> used the regular setup when you did it. Please correct me if I am wrong. >> >> As for a way to send links ... here is an experiment. >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41895723/100_3978.MOV >> >> This is a video I took while at the US Open. It is about 90 seconds long and >> it ought to play in quicktime. There is no objectionable material contained >> within the video so children do not need to be urged to leave the room. >> >> Let me know how it goes. >> >> Take good care and I wish you enough. >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:12 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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