Hi Jonathan To be honest I think it's possibly the case that Sarah has misunderstood what Lynne was trying to say. What we did was to rename the app, (you can't just delete it because it's running and, therefore, locked). Then reboot the system. Then delete the old version and install. You might also need to go to your application support folder and delete the Dropbox preferences. But we did not have to do that.
Gordon On 26 Jul 2011, at 20:27, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: I think the instructions were to reboot bbefore moving the new dropbox into the applications folder. I suggest you attempt to remove both dropbox applications from the applications folder, reboot, and then proceed. If that doesn't work, I expect you will need to clean some preferences. JOnathan Jonathan C. Cohn jonc...@cox.net On Jul 26, 2011, at 2:14 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > lol. I'll gt a sighted pair of eyes and see what's going on. If not I really > don't know. I'll have to see what dropbox says on twitter. > > take care. > On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:04 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > >> Sarah; >> >> Maybe there's something happening which VO isn't seeing; I honestly don't >> know because it worked here. If you followed those steps, I'm out of ideas. >> I am no expert, I can only tell you what we experienced. >> >> Lynne >> >> On 26 Jul 2011, at 18:47, Sarah Alawami wrote: >> >> I did that. no joy. Ok so now what/ >> On Jul 26, 2011, at 10:37 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >> >>> Hello Sarah >>> >>> Told you you were doing something different, didn't i! You missed out one >>> vital step: Step 2 should be "Restarted my system after renaming the >>> dropbox.app file to something else. >>> >>> Lynne >>> >>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 18:24, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>> Hmm. I did the following. >>> >>> 1. renamed the old dropbox.app file in my apps folder >>> >>> 2. copied the dropbox.app folder from the dmg in to the apps folder. >>> >>> 3. control clicked on the dropbox.app file I just copied. >>> >>> 4. choose show package contents. >>> >>> 5. browsed to contents/macos/dropbox >>> >>> 6. opened the file. >>> >>> 7. waited for about 2 minutes for the terminal to show up.. >>> >>> Now I did the same thing with the old dropbox installer and the installer >>> showed up after about 5 or so seconds so not sure what happened.. >>> >>> Take care. >>> >>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:59 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>> >>>> hello Sarah >>>> >>>> What I actually said was that your system must be in some way different or >>>> uyou must be doing something different. That much is obvious I think, >>>> given that others have this working properly. You may not be the only >>>> person for whom it does not work. And I am pretty disappointed that the >>>> DropBox people haven't done a darn thing to fix accessibility in this >>>> release. If there is a difference in your system I' not saying it's your >>>> fault. >>>> >>>> What I'm going to do later on tonight is do a total clean install of Lion >>>> on our other MacBook and the first app I will install is DropBox beta. If >>>> it works, I'll let you know precisely what I did, and how. >>>> >>>> Lynne >>>> >>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 17:35, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>> >>>> No it was in a clean install of lion. the public release worked bu the >>>> beta didn't. I sent the dropbox support team the same screenshots via >>>> twitter so we'll see. They gave me the same link you all did for getting >>>> the beta but I don't see any new threads. Anyone else have any ideas?. >>>> On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:29 AM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello Sarah >>>>> >>>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 17:19, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>> >>>>> • Nope. failed. I just give it a try and I have 2 screenshots here. 1 is >>>>> while I'm waiting for about 2 minutes and 2 is when I quit the terminal. >>>>> I hope this does not deadline. >>>>> >>>>> You're obviously the odd-ball here. Most others seem to have managed; so >>>>> there must be something different either about your system or about the >>>>> way you're doing things. >>>>> >>>>> Lynne >>>>> >>>>> Oh and btw there still is no public links when I right click on a file in >>>>> the public folder. >>>>> >>>>> anyway try this link out. HOpe it works. >>>>> >>>>> http://bit.ly/rewDyD >>>>> >>>>> Take care. and it did work when I installed the public thing so dunno why >>>>> the beta isn't. lol! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jul 25, 2011, at 11:46 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sarah; see my last post it might help you. >>>>>> >>>>>> On 26 Jul 2011, at 07:24, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Well I can't install it that way at all. I waited for about 30 seconds >>>>>> and still no dropbox window. I hope I can get this resolved in the >>>>>> morning lol! and I wish they could just come up with a pkg we could run. >>>>>> Arg! >>>>>> >>>>>> Take care >>>>>> On Jul 25, 2011, at 9:34 PM, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hello all >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Apparently this works under Lion so it might save you all some >>>>>>> headaches if you use Drop Box. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <http://forums.dropbox.com/topic.php?id=41644 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Lynne >>>>>>> >>>>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to >>>>>>> the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, >>>>>>> virus and worm-free! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by >>>>>>> visiting the list website at: >>>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> >>>>>> >>>>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>>>> >>>>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>>>> >>>>>> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to >>>>>> the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >>>>>> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >>>>>> >>>>>> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, >>>>>> virus and worm-free! 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