Hi Marlaina,
OK, a further dumb question. Can you actually open any of the files that are
in your Public Dropbox folder? For example, if you loaded up a document or PDF
file, when you are in Finder and select the file that you tried to bring up the
context menu for, can you press Command-Down Arrow to open the file and read
it? I'm trying to verify that the file has been completely uploaded. If you
can't open it, then I wouldn't be surprised if you also can't get a link to it.
If you have other (older) files in your Dropbox folder (not necessarily in
your Public folder) that you can open and read, when you do a Command-Up Arrow
from the Public folder, what happens when you copy one of these (Command-C),
move back down to the Public folder (Command-Down Arrow), paste in the file
(Command-V), and then, after a short pause to let the file copy (if it is at
all lengthy), what happens when you try the context menu selection
(Command-Shift-M) sequence again? It sounds as though you don't have access to
the cloud (which is what you're saying about getting the regular Finder
commands).
In my Public Folder there is a file named "Top Secret.txt" (from an admittedly
old distribution). When I open this with Command-Down Arrow, the file reads:
<begin quote>
You can get a public link for any file in your Dropbox's Public folder.
Simply right click (or control click) on a file, click the Dropbox submenu,
and then click 'Copy public link.'
<end quote>
Any chance that there is such a file in your Public Dropbox folder? Does the
context menu work on that file? (And yes, if I route my mouse cursor to this
file and Control-Click by holding down the Control key with a clicking my
trackpad, I can press down arrow and move through the same menu options as
before, then right arrow at the Dropbox sub menu, and down arrow to the "Copy
Link").
I badly want to get to that (inaccessible) status bar icon to check your
network connection! Sorry not to have more thoughts.
Esther
On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:22, Marlaina Lieberg wrote:
> Esther,
>
> I followed your directions to the letter and I hear new folder, get info,
> paste item, view, arrange by and view options.
> I have tried going to the dropbox app and opening it and then navigating
> back to the dropbox public folder and still no luck. I am assuming my
> dropbox is installed, since I am sharing folders with a couple of friends. I
> just cannot seem to get this stuff going in the public folder.
>
> I tried to uninstall dropbox and it told me it could not move dropbox to the
> trash because dropbox was running. I see that I have several .dmg versions
> of dropbox in my downloads and thought maybe I could revert to the earliest
> one. I just don't know why it's not working and again, I absolutely followed
> your instructions to the letter.
>
> MarlainaOn Feb 21, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Esther wrote:
>
> Hi Marlaina,
>
> I'm not sure whether it will help to go over this again or not, since I'm not
> running the latest version of Drop box. But I'll start from scratch. First,
> make sure that the file you want to share is actually in your Dropbox/Public
> folder. From Finder, press Command-Shift-H to go to your home directory,
> then press Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder"), and type or paste in:
> Dropbox/Public
> into the text box and press return. Your Finder window should show files
> that are in the Public folder of your Dropbox folder. Navigate to one of
> these and bring up the context menu with VO-Shift-M. Now VO-Down arrow
> through the menu. You should hear VoiceOver announce in succession: "Open",
> "Open with, sub-menu", then "Dropbox, sub-menu". When you reach "Dropbox,
> sub-menu" press VO-Space. You should hear VoiceOver say "Dropbox, sub-menu;
> Browse on Dropbox site…". VO-Down arrow again twice. You should hear
> VoiceOver say "View Previous Versions…", then "Copy Public Link". When you
> reach "Copy Public Link", press VO-Space. You should now be able to paste
> the link (with Command-V) into a mail message or text file. Sorry to be
> heavy-handed about this, but these commands should work whether or not you
> have TrackPad Commander on or off, and regardless of your cursor tracking
> settings. Let us know if you still don't see a Dropbox sub-menu.
>
> HTH. Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> On Feb 21, 2011, at 09:08, Marlaina Lieberg wrote:
>
>> I do not get the drop box sub menu. I have only the standard finder menu.
>> Can it be that somehow I do not have dropbox installed properly? I don't
>> know.
>> On Feb 21, 2011, at 10:56 AM, Darcy Burnard wrote:
>>
>> Hi Marlaina. When you're focussed on the file you want in your dropbox
>> public folder, you want to do VO shift M on it. This will bring up the
>> standard finder context menu. However there should be an additional submenu
>> for dropbox. From there you should find the option to get the download link
>> for said file. It will copy the link to your clipboard.
>> It is possible that the dropbox submenu might only be available once the
>> file has finished uploading to dropbox. I've never tried to access that
>> submenu until after the upload was finished.
>> Unfortunately the only way I've found to reliably tell if the file is
>> finished uploading is to keep an eye on the network traffic section of
>> activity monitor. Of course this only works if you're not doing much other
>> network activity at the time.
>> HTH.
>> Darcy
>>
>> On 2011-02-21, at 11:53 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote:
>>
>>> I put a file into my public folder, which I get to by pressing command
>>> shift h then arrowing down to drop box. I right arrow to public an past
>>> the file there. I right arrow to open public and focus on the file; I have
>>> tried vo m m, vo m and vo shift m and none of them give me an option to get
>>> a link to the file on which I'm focussed. Vo m m brings up the time
>>> machine menu and vo m and vo shift m just bring up the finder menu. What
>>> am I doing wrong?
>>>
>
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