yeah it confused me as well, but that's how symbolic links work. It will look like another folder on another computer. Be very careful not to move it or you are going to ask for trouble lol! Thaos how I lost about 10 gigs of music quite by accident.
but have fun using the program. and i hope it helps someone in the future. Be blessed. On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:32 PM, Moop Curran <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Esther, > Thanks, I figured it out. The folder you back up to the cloud shows up as an > alias on the computer in which you backed it up. However, when I went to my > other computer, it showed up as a folder. That was what confused me at first. > I hope I explained this okay. > > Courtney > > > Tune into my show, moopie's mix, every Thursday morning at 2 UTC or 10 PM > Eastern on the Global Voice Internet Radio, http://www.theglobalvoice.info. > Moopie's Mix can also be downloaded from the program gallery on that site. > > On Sep 19, 2012, at 3:23 PM, Esther wrote: > >> Hi Courtney, >> >> I'm not sure I understand your question. This program creates a symbolic >> link for items on one computer to a location in your Dropbox so that you can >> easily put those things into your Dropbox. Once the item in question is in >> your Dropbox, you can access the Dropbox folder ant way that you like from >> another computer, can't you? Maybe Sarah has more insights into your >> question and can address it better than I can, or maybe I have misunderstood >> how this program works. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:31 AM, Courtney Curran <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I tried this cool app, but if it backs up as an alias, how can I >>> access that folder on a different computer? >>> Thanks, >>> Courtney >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> On Sep 19, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Sarah Alawami <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> This backs up to dropbox, sky drive and google drive. it is 100 percent >>>> accessible and I just used it to back up a folder where I keep back ups of >>>> various things. >>>> >>>> Here is th slink on mac update's site. >>>> >>>> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37029/macdropany >>>> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at >> either the list's own dedicated web archive: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> or at the public Mail Archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. >> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> >> >> 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 an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> > > 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 an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> 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/>
