Odd thing was I didn't see some prefs but I'll get out trash me and try again. I don't give up that easily. lol! On Jul 26, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote:
> 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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