I always interact with the file name once I get to it. At this point, either the file menu or the contextual menu will show the Dropbox options.
Teresa On Feb 21, 2011, at 11:08 AM, 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? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
