Can you see any syncing occurring at all on your Mac. Sent from my iPhone
On 29/02/2012, at 7:02 AM, Egbert <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Garth, > > well, the dropbox here seems to work a bit strange. > Folders that i have added are not vissible on my mac, but are on my iPhone > and online. > When i stand on a file and copy it to the clipboard, i cannot paste that file > into a folder in my dropbox. > It simply won't work. > the tip about VO shift and m was very good, i didnot know that. > but my problems are not over with that smile. > hope you have a better picture now? > Egbert > Op 28 feb. 2012, om 03:34 heeft Garth Humphreys het volgende geschreven: > >> Hi >> >> Sorry if I don't understand the issue here, I missed the beginning of the >> thread. When I focus on a file in Finder in the public folder of my dropbox >> and bring up the contextual menu with VO+Shift+M, I get the option to copy >> the public link. >> >> Are you saying that this is not happening for you. >> >> I just tested it and here is a link for a podcast I have just recorded on >> selecting text in IOS without a keyboard. I haven't tested the link but it >> looks as it should to me >> >> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10084394/IOS-SelectingText.mp3 >> >> >> I am not sure if I have done anything different to have this working. Onc >> again, sorry if I don't understand the issue. >> >> Garth >> @BlindTechMusing >> >> On 28/02/2012, at 5:19 AM, Egbert wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> that may be all possible, but why so f… difficult? >>> Dropbox and windows have a far more better relation. >>> I think its a bad deal how dropbox and apple work now, if we talk about the >>> mac. >>> Egbert >>> Op 27 feb. 2012, om 20:10 heeft Esther het volgende geschreven: >>> >>>> Hi John, >>>> >>>> Instead of memorizing your dropbox public folder address, why don't you >>>> take advantage of Lion's text expansion capability and define a shortcut >>>> for the prefix string giving your dropbox public folder address? For >>>> example, you could set a character string named "dbpf" to expand to >>>> "http://dl.dropbox/u/12345678/"; whenever you typed it in Mail or TextEdit. >>>> >>>> Since Michael just pointed Ezzie to a YouTube video with instructions on >>>> how to do this yesterday, in order to set a string that gets expanded for >>>> signatures, I can just paste in his text giving the link: >>>> <begin quote> >>>> Ok here is the link. Let me know if you need me to clarify anything. It >>>> should be clear enough if my memory hasn't failed me. Enjoy! >>>> >>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKxWbBuDSSI >>>> <end quote> >>>> >>>> Very briefly, you go to the System Preferences > Language & Text menu and >>>> select the "Text" tab. Then you press the "Add" button to enter a new >>>> entry to the "Substitutions" table, and type in the string you want >>>> expanded (e.g., "dbpf" in the above example), and the replacement string >>>> (e.g."http://dl.dropbox/u/12345678/";). >>>> >>>> Then, in the applications that support such expansion substitution, like >>>> Mail and TextEdit, you navigate to the "Edit" menu on the menu bar, and >>>> arrow down to the "Substitutions" menu, then right arrow to the submenu >>>> and navigate to "Substitutions" to check this option. >>>> >>>> That should save you some typing and memorization. >>>> >>>> HTH. Cheers, >>>> >>>> Esther >>>> >>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 2:19 AM, John Sanfilippo wrote: >>>> >>>>> You can find the dropbox contextual menu but I find it hard to describe >>>>> doing that. >>>>> I found it to be such a kludge that I simply resorted to memorizing my >>>>> drobpox public folder address: >>>>> >>>>> http://dl.dropbox/u/12345678/fileName.ext >>>>> >>>>> O yeah and make sure to name files without spaces to cut down having to >>>>> type %20 for each space. >>>>> >>>>> Smile, of course I occasionally make a typo so folks write back and >>>>> complain that they can't access the file. >>>>> >>>>> Also, be sure that you allow time for the transfer to take place after >>>>> you've copied files into the dropbox folder. >>>>> >>>>> hth, >>>>> >>>>> John S >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> . >>>>> On Feb 27, 2012, at 3:31 AM, Egbert wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi and good morning! >>>>> i try to add some material in my dropbox, but whatever i try, it does >>>>> not work There is also the fact that not every folder in my dropbox is >>>>> detected by my macbook. >>>>> In my IPhone are more folderds then on the dropbox on my Mac. >>>>> >>>>> In windows i had the possibilaty to send people a link when i wanted to >>>>> share some things, macwhise, i don't see that option. >>>>> Any tips or tricks? >>>>> Egbert . >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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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