Hi, David Yes, I do navigate to the folder the way you outline and have done numerous machine restarts since I bought this MacBook Air two weeks ago - which is when I first installed Dropbox. Sadly, the permissions repair hasn't fixed the problem.
Dropbox itself seems to be working fine since I can send and receive files to and from people with whom I share folders; it's just that I can't copy those files out of Dropbox! Thanks for your help so far. Richard Bartholomew -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Griffith Sent: 28 November 2014 09:46 To: OS X & iOS Accessibility Subject: Re: [Mac-access]: DROPBOX QUERY I assume are navigating to your dropbox in finder using command shift H to go to home folder and finding the dropbox folder under your user name. If so this is again nor normal behaviour. Have you tried restarting? Again a disk permission repair seems to be in order. See previous message. David Griffith > On 28 Nov 2014, at 09:00, Richard Bartholomew > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I’ll preface this by saying that I’m a complete newbie as far as the Mac is > concerned and, so, suspect my problem stems from my lack of familiarity with > VO. However,… > > I have installed Dropbox onto my Mac and find that I can copy files into my > Dropbox folders but not out of them! I am using command-C and command-V for > the copying and pasting but, whenever I try to copy a file from Dropbox to > elsewhere, after a few seconds of working, I get an error message saying that > the action can’t be completed because the file is in use. > > As the file is not being accessed by anyone else at the time of copy, does > anyone know what may be going on, please?I’ve had a look in the Dropbox > settings but haven’t come across anything relevant in there. > > Thanks for any help. > Richard Bartholomew > <--- 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 > the list's 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> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the > Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. > However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume > neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences 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 the list's 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences 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 the list's 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> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
