Hi Patrick, The interesting thing is, when performing a vo+shift+M, Dropbox isn't one of my options. Not sure if there is something else I am missing... :-)
-- Jenny Wood Phone: (972) 989-3894 Email: [email protected] Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni On Sep 28, 2011, at 2:57 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote: > Hello Jenny: > > Glad to hear that your shared folder is available to you ;). I know that is a > relieve. > > Yes, selecting the advanced setup provides you with a few more options ... > one of them being seeing the folders you create rather than simply the > folders that come with the package out of the box :). > > If you want to send a link to share with someone you could: > > 1. focus upon the file or folder you wish to share. > > 2. Perform a VO + Shift + M keystroke to bring up the menu. > > 3. Arrow down until you here the dropbox option. > > 4. Press the right arrow key and then arrow down until you here copy public > link. > > 5. Press enter. > > Now you can paste the link into an email and send it to whomever you like and > they will be able to see it. > > Let us know if that proves helpful n any way. > > Take good care and I wish you enough. > > > > On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: > >> Hi Patrick, Paul & all. Okay, so I don't know exactly what happened, but >> after having removed and reinstalled the dropbox desktop app a number of >> times, my newly created shared folder and all of it's contents are suddenly >> showing up! I am completely beside myself here, thrilled, but baffled. The >> only difference in the process this time was selecting the Advanced setup >> verses the Typical setup, and having killed off the previous link to my >> account and recreating it. It didn't prompt me for any additional >> information after having chosen Advanced setup though. Interesting. >> So, I was able to view, or rather, listen, to your video with no problem. >> That's really my only other big hangup about using the desktop app, although >> the website is just as unaccessible, I am still not sure how I will go about >> sending a public link when the time comes. But I am so excited to finally >> see my files! ;-) >> >> Thank you guys, for your continued help! >> >> -- >> >> Jenny Wood >> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >> Email: [email protected] >> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 27, 2011, at 2:01 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote: >> >>> Hello Jenny and all: >>> >>> When installing dropbox you have the option of using the regular or >>> advanced setup options. The regular setup options provide you with the >>> public and photo folders at the completion of the installation. The >>> advanced options provide you with a list of folders dropbox may point to >>> which you establish. I have not played much with the advanced option though >>> it is my guess that your shared folder was not designated to be seen upon >>> initial setup and you used the regular setup when you did it. Please >>> correct me if I am wrong. >>> >>> As for a way to send links ... here is an experiment. >>> >>> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41895723/100_3978.MOV >>> >>> This is a video I took while at the US Open. It is about 90 seconds long >>> and it ought to play in quicktime. There is no objectionable material >>> contained within the video so children do not need to be urged to leave the >>> room. >>> >>> Let me know how it goes. >>> >>> Take good care and I wish you enough. >>> >>> >>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>> >>>> I had a feeling that might be the case. :-) Hmmm, unfortunately, either I >>>> am missing something, or there doesn't appear to be any obvious way to >>>> move files from one folder to another via the website. >>>> >>>> The reason I created the shared folder on the website itself, rather than >>>> on my own machine, is because from what I understand, there isn't a very >>>> voiceover-friendly way of accessing certain options, such as inviting >>>> someone to have access to a given folder or sending a link to someone for >>>> a specific file. Is this still the case? >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> Jenny Wood >>>> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >>>> Email: [email protected] >>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:25 PM, Patrick Neazer wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Jenny and all: >>>>> >>>>> Ah, that is what I was wanting to know. That shared folder may not appear >>>>> out of the box given how your friend set it up. However, if you or your >>>>> friend could move those items into either the public folder or the photos >>>>> folder (operating from the premise that the items are photographs), you >>>>> ought to be able to see them then. >>>>> >>>>> If you want to have a little bit of fun and you own an iphone ... grab >>>>> the app. It is free and may provide you with another perspective on the >>>>> functionality of dropbox. >>>>> >>>>> Take good care and I wish you enough. >>>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Patrick, thank you for taking the time to respond! No, I haven't >>>>>> tried placing anything in the folder myself, but I will do so at some >>>>>> point today. I finally got dropbox installed and setup this morning, so >>>>>> it hasn't been all that long. I had created a new shared folder via the >>>>>> website, and my friend uploaded about sixteen folders containing around >>>>>> 20 - 25 files each into the shared folder I had created. The shared >>>>>> folder I created on the website isn't even showing up under the dropbox >>>>>> folder on my machine. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> >>>>>> Jenny Wood >>>>>> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 10:46 AM, Patrick Neazer wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello Jenny and all: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do not know how long it has been since you got dropbox installed and >>>>>>> running. I had posted some photographs to my dropbox account and then >>>>>>> installed it on another computer. It took a while ... a while defined >>>>>>> as about 20 minutes because I was using a slower connection than the >>>>>>> one at the office and there were a number of videos. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> As for the other files that were placed in your account by someone >>>>>>> else, they should appear although how they were placed in terms of >>>>>>> structure may be effecting your being able to see them. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Have you attempted to place anything in the folders yourself? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Take good care and I wish you enough. >>>>>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi Paul. Thank you very much for the response! For some reason, I >>>>>>>> have never successfully setup dropbox on my mac, apparently. So, I >>>>>>>> scrapped all of the previous installation and installers, revisited >>>>>>>> dropbox.com and started fresh. This time, I did manage to make get >>>>>>>> through the setup process without a hitch. Dropbox is running, and my >>>>>>>> dropbox folder is created and ready for use. I think my only question >>>>>>>> at this point is, I still have a folder containing many files on the >>>>>>>> website. I would love to have them sync to my mac, or somehow >>>>>>>> retrieve them. They were placed there by another dropbox user who I >>>>>>>> had invited to access my new folder. However, I am unable to find a >>>>>>>> way to actually download them to my computer. As I say, dropbox is >>>>>>>> definitely running, but I don't see anything at all in the new dropbox >>>>>>>> folder. Does it perhaps take some time for this to happen? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Thank you! >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Jenny Wood >>>>>>>> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >>>>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Sep 27, 2011, at 6:30 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Jenny Wood, >>>>>>>>> Dropbox is usable on the mac. Not entirely accessible, but it is now >>>>>>>>> usable. If you downloaded the installer from dropbox.com recently, >>>>>>>>> you will have noticed that at least the dropbox mac setup is now >>>>>>>>> fully accessible. That was not the case a while ago, so that is a >>>>>>>>> nice improvement. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Second: why bother with the web interface. If you have more than one >>>>>>>>> device that you want to use dropbox on, then the idea is simple. The >>>>>>>>> dropbox website is your main place of storage. You can fill it with >>>>>>>>> files, by having your mac dropbox client upload stuff to that space >>>>>>>>> on the web. >>>>>>>>> On your mac, inside your home folder, you have a new folder named >>>>>>>>> dropbox. You can reach this folder by hitting command shift h for >>>>>>>>> your home folder in finder. You will see documents, music and all >>>>>>>>> your stuff there, plus this new dropbox folder. Go into it, and drop >>>>>>>>> anything you want uploaded to the sight inside this home dropbox >>>>>>>>> folder on your mac. The upload will happen automatically, without any >>>>>>>>> other user intervention. A while later, you will find these files on >>>>>>>>> the web in your dropbox account. Of course, dropbox will have to be >>>>>>>>> running on the mac for this to happen. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you now install dropbox on a second device, say an iPod touch, an >>>>>>>>> iPhone, or a windows computer, then all files in the dropbox space on >>>>>>>>> the web will automatically be downloaded to the new device. All you >>>>>>>>> need to do to make this happen, is install dropbox on the new device, >>>>>>>>> and login with your account. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> To know if dropbox is running or not on your mac, you can check your >>>>>>>>> users and groups item in system preferences. Go to the menu bar, vo >>>>>>>>> m, go down to system preferences with vo down arrow, vo space on it, >>>>>>>>> then move over to preference panes, and interact with that. Now go to >>>>>>>>> users and groups. You can arrow around, or you can hit u s e in quick >>>>>>>>> succession to have the vo cursor move to users and groups. Hit vo >>>>>>>>> space to open this item. Then hit vo space on the login items tab. >>>>>>>>> Move right, till you are on a list box with your programs that >>>>>>>>> startup automatically each time you turn on your mac, and interact >>>>>>>>> with the table. Look up and down and see if there is an item called >>>>>>>>> dropbox. If you find it here, then you know that dropbox is always >>>>>>>>> active from now on, and that the installation of dropbox succeeded. >>>>>>>>> If you don't find it, you will have to redo the installation of >>>>>>>>> dropbox, so that the dropbox item appears here. Once you have it in >>>>>>>>> place, simply copy or move files into your home dropbox folder on the >>>>>>>>> mac to have them uploaded to the web space. As soon as you synch your >>>>>>>>> second device with the internet, all files you uploaded on the mac >>>>>>>>> will appear there as well. If you delete something, doesn't matter >>>>>>>>> from which device, it will also be deleted from all other drop boxed >>>>>>>>> devices. You don't need the web interface at all, nor do you need to >>>>>>>>> see the interface of your mac dropbox client. Just be sure that it is >>>>>>>>> running, and if it's not, just start it from your applications >>>>>>>>> folder, command shift a. If at some point you want to get rid of >>>>>>>>> dropbox, simply remove the dropbox entry from your user and groups >>>>>>>>> login items table, reboot your mac so that the dropbox process is no >>>>>>>>> longer running, and then trash the dropbox app away from your >>>>>>>>> applications folder >>>>>>>>> Hth, >>>>>>>>> Paul. >>>>>>>>> On Sep 26, 2011, at 10:06 PM, Jenny Wood wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Good day all. I have just started playing with dropbox, so I am >>>>>>>>>> very new to this particular service. I understand that there are >>>>>>>>>> all kinds of accessibility issues with dropbox on Lion, but I am >>>>>>>>>> curious, if there is a way to download an entire folder from the >>>>>>>>>> website interface without sight? The instructions are most >>>>>>>>>> definitely geared toward the sighted, and I haven't been able to >>>>>>>>>> find a work around as of yet. I can manage to download individual >>>>>>>>>> files, but going about it this way will take an eternity I'm sure. >>>>>>>>>> As expected, I haven't been able to make heads or tails of the >>>>>>>>>> desktop app. I am running Lion, btw, with the latest updates. >>>>>>>>>> Thank you for any help you can offer! >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Jenny Wood >>>>>>>>>> Phone: (972) 989-3894 >>>>>>>>>> Email: [email protected] >>>>>>>>>> Facebook/Twitter/Skype: kc5gni >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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