Hi, According to the Dropbox forums, the latest beta (released two days ago), is version 1.2.28, and the Mac version can be downloaded from: http://dl-web.dropbox.com/u/17/Dropbox%201.2.28.dmg I believe you have to relaunch Finder after installing a new version of Dropbox. Either open Terminal (Command-Shift-U, then press "t e", and Command-Down arrow to launch), and type: killall Finder followed by pressing return, or you should be able to do this from the GUI with Command-Option-Escape to bring up the "Force Quit" window, and select Finder. If you use the command line in Terminal, I believe that "Finder" needs to be typed with a capital "F", since the unix shell is case sensitive.
Incidentally, on the issue of accessibility of menus from the status bar icon, I was really surprised to find that the "Radium" program seems to have come up with a solution. Radium is an internet radio listening program for the Mac that was inaccessible up until the latest version. But the version they released in mid-July announced full support for Universal Access and VoiceOver in the "What's New" description for version 2.8.1. And the way they set it up, you can either turn on TrackPad Commander and double tap on the Radium icon in the Dock, or if you prefer to use keyboard shortcuts, you can press Command+Comma to bring up the preferences menu when the app is running, and then go to the "Controls" tab, and check boxes in the table for any of the shortcut keys for controlling the program. For example, if you check the box for "Open/Close Radium", and accept the default shortcut of Shift-Command-E (as in "echo"), you can afterwards access the control menu by pressing S hift-Command-E instead of double tapping the Radium icon in the dock with Trackpad Commander turned on. Basically, either of these methods gives you access to the menu that you would otherwise require navigating to the icon in the status menu bar, that VoiceOver doesn't "see", and clicking with mouse or trackpad. There are a whole slew of shortcuts to control playback, copy information, or links, and you can additionally use the media function keys (F7, F8, and F9 to reverse, play/pause, and fast forward), or use an Apple Remote, if you check the boxes for these functions. And if you want to change the shortcuts for any of these to something more to your own liking, just VO-Space on the shortcut you've checked in the table, and type in your new shortcut key combination. This is really rather slick. I'm still wondering how they implemented this fix, and whether the method can be used by other applications. If you want to try Radium, there's a free trial download you can access at the macupdate site that is Lion compatible: http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/30468/radium It's also available from the Mac App store for $25, but no trial download through that route. When you launch the app don't be worried if VoiceOver says there are no windows. Either bring up the app's preferences with Command+Comma, then enable the shortcuts in the "Control" tab so you can access the menu with Shift-Command-E (or your own preferred shortcut), or else, you can double tap on the Radium icon in the dock with Trackpad Commander turned on, which will also open the menu window and switch VoiceOver focus there. You're placed in a text field for searching for radio stations. You can mark these as favorites, control output speaker volume in other locations (if you use an Airport Express), access equalizer settings, etc. Most of the options will be found on a preferences menu button that also lets you access the Preferences menu. (This is how I actually found the preferences menu with the shortcut options -- then I realized that I could have brought this up directl y without any recourse to Trackpad Commander just by pressing Command+Comma.) For those of you in the U.S. or Canada, radium will also support playing your Sirius XM and other such subscriptions. It also supports last.fm "scrobbling" (another one of those music listening services that I never tried before the iOS devices made them accessible -- this suggests other listening and music based on the music collections of other listeners with your tastes, but is only available in the U.S., U.K., and Germany, and has a web site with accessibility issues). I'm mainly curious about how they put this solution into effect! Cheers, Esther On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:58, Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith wrote: > Is the current beta on their site? > > Lynne > > On 28 Aug 2011, at 20:38, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > It won't be. Apple has currently taken away the access to the status bar > icons. I just ran the app and it worked this time when I installed the new > beta of dropbox. I really dunno how i did it but it just worked. lol! > > Take care and that's no what you wanted to hear I know but until someone > comes up with a fix? > > Take care all. > On Aug 28, 2011, at 10:49 AM, joe quinn wrote: > >> when i start the machine, the dropbox thing comes up, but whenever i try to >> interact with it to set it up, it's not in the vo shift f1 apps list... help? >> <--- 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 an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! 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