Hi, what Gordon suggested worked for me. Activity monitor was a bit tricky at first, but easy enough to figure out.
On 7/26/12, Shaun Oliver <blindma...@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks for this, I'll give it a go. > > On 27/07/2012, at 11:41 AM, mori...@mac.com wrote: > >> Hi Josh and Shaun, >> >> If you search the archives at the Mail Archive site by typing "dropbox no >> windows" in the text search box and pressing return, it will immediately >> bring up Gordon's post from a week and a half ago, about the solution to >> this as the first link: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg11029.html >> >> Since I don't want to retype everything in his post, I'll just summarize >> that after you kill the process in Activity Monitor, you need to delete >> the application from your Applications folder and restart your machine. >> Then you should do a new installation from the dmg image. The restart >> kills the background process. If you do the new install by opening the >> disk image -- without trying to move it to any other folder, just open it >> wherever you downloaded it, it should install properly and you'll be able >> to use Dropbox. No need to show package contents or anything else. >> >> HTH. Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> <--- 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! >> >> 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 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! > > 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/> > -- Ways to Connect with me: facebook.com/evercuriousmasteryodo twitter.com/joshg93 Skype: joshgregory93 FaceTime, iMessage and iChat: joshkar...@gmail.com <--- 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! 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/>
