I think the instructions were to reboot bbefore moving the new dropbox into the applications folder. I suggest you attempt to remove both dropbox applications from the applications folder, reboot, and then proceed.
If that doesn't work, I expect you will need to clean some preferences. JOnathan Jonathan C. Cohn [email protected] On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > lol. I'll gt a sighted pair of eyes and see what's going on. If not I really > don't know. I'll have to see what dropbox says on twitter. > > take care. > On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > >> Sarah; >> >> Maybe there's something happening which VO isn't seeing; I honestly don't >> know because it worked here. If you followed those steps, I'm out of ideas. >> I am no expert, I can only tell you what we experienced. >> >> Lynne >> >> On 26 Jul 2011, at 18:47, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >> I did that. no joy. Ok so now what/ >> On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >> >>> Hello Sarah >>> >>> Told you you were doing something different, didn't i! You missed out one >>> vital step: Step 2 should be "Restarted my system after renaming the >>> dropbox.app file to something else. >>> >>> Lynne >>> >>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 18:24, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>> Hmm. I did the following. >>> >>> 1. renamed the old dropbox.app file in my apps folder >>> >>> 2. copied the dropbox.app folder from the dmg in to the apps folder. >>> >>> 3. control clicked on the dropbox.app file I just copied. >>> >>> 4. choose show package contents. >>> >>> 5. browsed to contents/macos/dropbox >>> >>> 6. opened the file. >>> >>> 7. waited for about 2 minutes for the terminal to show up.. >>> >>> Now I did the same thing with the old dropbox installer and the installer >>> showed up after about 5 or so seconds so not sure what happened.. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>> >>>> hello Sarah >>>> >>>> What I actually said was that your system must be in some way different or >>>> uyou must be doing something different. That much is obvious I think, >>>> given that others have this working properly. You may not be the only >>>> person for whom it does not work. And I am pretty disappointed that the >>>> DropBox people haven't done a darn thing to fix accessibility in this >>>> release. If there is a difference in your system I' not saying it's your >>>> fault. >>>> >>>> What I'm going to do later on tonight is do a total clean install of Lion >>>> on our other MacBook and the first app I will install is DropBox beta. If >>>> it works, I'll let you know precisely what I did, and how. >>>> >>>> Lynne >>>> >>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 17:35, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>> No it was in a clean install of lion. the public release worked bu the >>>> beta didn't. I sent the dropbox support team the same screenshots via >>>> twitter so we'll see. They gave me the same link you all did for getting >>>> the beta but I don't see any new threads. Anyone else have any ideas?. >>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Sarah >>>>> >>>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 17:19, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>> • Nope. failed. I just give it a try and I have 2 screenshots here. 1 is >>>>> while I'm waiting for about 2 minutes and 2 is when I quit the terminal. >>>>> I hope this does not deadline. >>>>> >>>>> You're obviously the odd-ball here. Most others seem to have managed; so >>>>> there must be something different either about your system or about the >>>>> way you're doing things. >>>>> >>>>> Lynne >>>>> >>>>> Oh and btw there still is no public links when I right click on a file in >>>>> the public folder. >>>>> >>>>> anyway try this link out. HOpe it works. >>>>> >>>>> http://bit.ly/rewDyD >>>>> >>>>> Take care. and it did work when I installed the public thing so dunno why >>>>> the beta isn't. lol! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:46 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sarah; see my last post it might help you. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 07:24, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Well I can't install it that way at all. I waited for about 30 seconds >>>>>> and still no dropbox window. I hope I can get this resolved in the >>>>>> morning lol! and I wish they could just come up with a pkg we could run. >>>>>> Arg! >>>>>> >>>>>> Take care >>>>>> On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apparently this works under Lion so it might save you all some >>>>>>> headaches if you use Drop Box. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=41644 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Lynne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to >>>>>>> the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, >>>>>>> virus and worm-free! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by >>>>>>> visiting the list website at: >>>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>>>>> >>>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>>> >>>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>> >>>>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to >>>>>> the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, >>>>>> virus and worm-free! 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