Re: Dropbox in Yosemite
Hello, I am not sure if this is just me, or just on my Mac here, but when I go to “Menu Extras” and to the “Dropbox 2.10.41” icon, (Think I got the version number right, anyways, it’s the latest one,) that I do not have to use the mouse to activate it to get the window that comes up with titles of files and the “Settings” button at the very bottom to come up. So, I can just VO Space on that icon, just like any other “Menu Extra,” and it just comes up. That should eliminate some of the steps needed to access Dropbox on the Mac. Also, using something like App Cleaner to completely uninstall Dropbox and reinstalling it may also help. Hope this helps, Jeffrey On Nov 6, 2014, at 2:03 AM, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Dear Lisette, I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago but have not had any trouble with Dropbox. Please forgive me if I say something you have already tried. I’ve just gone to menu extras with ctrl+f8. Once there, use vo+left and right arrows to move through the menu items. Otherwise if you just use arrow keys on their own, you won’t find Dropbox item. So now, using vo+arrow keys, I have found Dropbox icon. Now you have to bring mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5. And then perform mouse click with vo+shift+spacebar. You will hear something like “application”. (If you get thrown out of the process here, use windows chooser menu to find Dropbox application window.) Now I used vo+arrow keys again to move through the window where voiceover reads titles of my files in Dropbox. The “settings” button or rather clickable area is at the very right of this list. I clicked on it and heard voiceover say menu. Now you can arrow up and down that menu and at the bottom you will find “preferences”. Activate preferences. If you get thrown out of this process by any chance - which happened to me - use your window chooser facility to find the dropbox window again. Once in preferences, you will have a few buttons: General, account, and two to other buttons which I can’t remember now. You can choose whatever button with the usual vo+spacebar here. Voiceover will announce that a button is selected but for me I couldn’t actually see the content of the window that I expected to have appeared as a consequence of my selection. After some experimenting, I realise that in here you have to press your tab button to move into the window to examine its content and make changes. I hope this might help. Sorry if this description is a bit complex but dropbox is not very easy. By the way, my dropbox version is 2.10.41. Also, if you check your home folder, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Dropbox in Yosemite
Hi Andrew, Thanks for your excellent description. There is no drop box icon in my menu extras, and yes I am using VO arrow keys. There is a drop box folder on my desk top but it's just not syncing. I'll have another go at opening the app or try to update it somehow, though I thought I was on the latest version. Thanks though. On 6/11/2014, at 8:03 pm, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Dear Lisette, I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago but have not had any trouble with Dropbox. Please forgive me if I say something you have already tried. I’ve just gone to menu extras with ctrl+f8. Once there, use vo+left and right arrows to move through the menu items. Otherwise if you just use arrow keys on their own, you won’t find Dropbox item. So now, using vo+arrow keys, I have found Dropbox icon. Now you have to bring mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5. And then perform mouse click with vo+shift+spacebar. You will hear something like “application”. (If you get thrown out of the process here, use windows chooser menu to find Dropbox application window.) Now I used vo+arrow keys again to move through the window where voiceover reads titles of my files in Dropbox. The “settings” button or rather clickable area is at the very right of this list. I clicked on it and heard voiceover say menu. Now you can arrow up and down that menu and at the bottom you will find “preferences”. Activate preferences. If you get thrown out of this process by any chance - which happened to me - use your window chooser facility to find the dropbox window again. Once in preferences, you will have a few buttons: General, account, and two to other buttons which I can’t remember now. You can choose whatever button with the usual vo+spacebar here. Voiceover will announce that a button is selected but for me I couldn’t actually see the content of the window that I expected to have appeared as a consequence of my selection. After some experimenting, I realise that in here you have to press your tab button to move into the window to examine its content and make changes. I hope this might help. Sorry if this description is a bit complex but dropbox is not very easy. By the way, my dropbox version is 2.10.41. Also, if you check your home folder, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Dropbox in Yosemite
Dear Lisette, If you can locate dropbox folder in your home folder, call up its contextual menu with vo+shift+m. One of the options in the menu is to “view in dropbox.com”. When activated, it should take you straight into your account on the dropbox page. I’ve tested it and it took me into my account. There, if you look around under your personal / account options, there’s an “install” link. You may have to reinstall it. With all best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 20:51, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Andrew, Thanks for your excellent description. There is no drop box icon in my menu extras, and yes I am using VO arrow keys. There is a drop box folder on my desk top but it's just not syncing. I'll have another go at opening the app or try to update it somehow, though I thought I was on the latest version. Thanks though. On 6/11/2014, at 8:03 pm, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Dear Lisette, I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago but have not had any trouble with Dropbox. Please forgive me if I say something you have already tried. I’ve just gone to menu extras with ctrl+f8. Once there, use vo+left and right arrows to move through the menu items. Otherwise if you just use arrow keys on their own, you won’t find Dropbox item. So now, using vo+arrow keys, I have found Dropbox icon. Now you have to bring mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5. And then perform mouse click with vo+shift+spacebar. You will hear something like “application”. (If you get thrown out of the process here, use windows chooser menu to find Dropbox application window.) Now I used vo+arrow keys again to move through the window where voiceover reads titles of my files in Dropbox. The “settings” button or rather clickable area is at the very right of this list. I clicked on it and heard voiceover say menu. Now you can arrow up and down that menu and at the bottom you will find “preferences”. Activate preferences. If you get thrown out of this process by any chance - which happened to me - use your window chooser facility to find the dropbox window again. Once in preferences, you will have a few buttons: General, account, and two to other buttons which I can’t remember now. You can choose whatever button with the usual vo+spacebar here. Voiceover will announce that a button is selected but for me I couldn’t actually see the content of the window that I expected to have appeared as a consequence of my selection. After some experimenting, I realise that in here you have to press your tab button to move into the window to examine its content and make changes. I hope this might help. Sorry if this description is a bit complex but dropbox is not very easy. By the way, my dropbox version is 2.10.41. Also, if you check your home folder, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group
Re: Dropbox in Yosemite
Hi Andrew, Well it just shows you should always go for the tried and true fixes first. I just did a restart and now everything is syncing again. Thanks for the tip though about going into the dropbox account via the contextual menu. I'll remember that for next time. When in doubt, do a re-start. Cheers Lisette On 7/11/2014, at 10:19 am, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Dear Lisette, If you can locate dropbox folder in your home folder, call up its contextual menu with vo+shift+m. One of the options in the menu is to “view in dropbox.com”. When activated, it should take you straight into your account on the dropbox page. I’ve tested it and it took me into my account. There, if you look around under your personal / account options, there’s an “install” link. You may have to reinstall it. With all best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 20:51, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Andrew, Thanks for your excellent description. There is no drop box icon in my menu extras, and yes I am using VO arrow keys. There is a drop box folder on my desk top but it's just not syncing. I'll have another go at opening the app or try to update it somehow, though I thought I was on the latest version. Thanks though. On 6/11/2014, at 8:03 pm, Andrew Lamanche ioani...@me.com wrote: Dear Lisette, I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago but have not had any trouble with Dropbox. Please forgive me if I say something you have already tried. I’ve just gone to menu extras with ctrl+f8. Once there, use vo+left and right arrows to move through the menu items. Otherwise if you just use arrow keys on their own, you won’t find Dropbox item. So now, using vo+arrow keys, I have found Dropbox icon. Now you have to bring mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5. And then perform mouse click with vo+shift+spacebar. You will hear something like “application”. (If you get thrown out of the process here, use windows chooser menu to find Dropbox application window.) Now I used vo+arrow keys again to move through the window where voiceover reads titles of my files in Dropbox. The “settings” button or rather clickable area is at the very right of this list. I clicked on it and heard voiceover say menu. Now you can arrow up and down that menu and at the bottom you will find “preferences”. Activate preferences. If you get thrown out of this process by any chance - which happened to me - use your window chooser facility to find the dropbox window again. Once in preferences, you will have a few buttons: General, account, and two to other buttons which I can’t remember now. You can choose whatever button with the usual vo+spacebar here. Voiceover will announce that a button is selected but for me I couldn’t actually see the content of the window that I expected to have appeared as a consequence of my selection. After some experimenting, I realise that in here you have to press your tab button to move into the window to examine its content and make changes. I hope this might help. Sorry if this description is a bit complex but dropbox is not very easy. By the way, my dropbox version is 2.10.41. Also, if you check your home folder, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options
Dropbox in Yosemite
Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Dropbox in Yosemite
Dear Lisette, I upgraded to Yosemite a few weeks ago but have not had any trouble with Dropbox. Please forgive me if I say something you have already tried. I’ve just gone to menu extras with ctrl+f8. Once there, use vo+left and right arrows to move through the menu items. Otherwise if you just use arrow keys on their own, you won’t find Dropbox item. So now, using vo+arrow keys, I have found Dropbox icon. Now you have to bring mouse cursor to vo cursor with vo+command+f5. And then perform mouse click with vo+shift+spacebar. You will hear something like “application”. (If you get thrown out of the process here, use windows chooser menu to find Dropbox application window.) Now I used vo+arrow keys again to move through the window where voiceover reads titles of my files in Dropbox. The “settings” button or rather clickable area is at the very right of this list. I clicked on it and heard voiceover say menu. Now you can arrow up and down that menu and at the bottom you will find “preferences”. Activate preferences. If you get thrown out of this process by any chance - which happened to me - use your window chooser facility to find the dropbox window again. Once in preferences, you will have a few buttons: General, account, and two to other buttons which I can’t remember now. You can choose whatever button with the usual vo+spacebar here. Voiceover will announce that a button is selected but for me I couldn’t actually see the content of the window that I expected to have appeared as a consequence of my selection. After some experimenting, I realise that in here you have to press your tab button to move into the window to examine its content and make changes. I hope this might help. Sorry if this description is a bit complex but dropbox is not very easy. By the way, my dropbox version is 2.10.41. Also, if you check your home folder, can you see dropbox folder there? Best wishes Andrew On 6 Nov 2014, at 02:06, Lisette Wesseling lisettewessel...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Since upgrading to Yosemite, my Dropbox doesn't seem to be sinking with my Mac. I wanted to check whether I was signed in, but can't find it in the extras menu anymore. When I try to open the app, I just get busy busy. Where do I go to sign in on my Mac please? Lisette -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
