Hi, Last week, I installed Mountain Lion and reinstalled DropBox by going to the http://www.dropbox.com site and downloading the latest version of dropbox for the Mac. This is version 1.4.12. When this dmg is extracted, you now have a DropBox.app that you simply copy in to the applications folder and open with command+o. When I did this, I was prompted for my Username and password and all installed perfectly.
Robert Carter On Aug 10, 2012, at 5:14 PM, Eric Caron <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> wrote: > Hi Gordon, > > Thanks very much for your help with this Dropbox mystery. I repeated > the steps again and this time restarted my computer. I then ran the Dropbox > installer 1.5.8. Sadly it acted the same way. It never asked me if I had a > account or needed to open one. It just did Dropbox has no windows. > > Earlier today before getting the tip to restart I had a sighted visitor so > asked him to try. Even when he followed the sighted instructions it got to > the point where it had no info and never asked for my user name and password. > > > I used this same installer on my new Mac book Pro and the old Mac Book > following the process and it worked fine. > > Any tips on what I can try with the Mini is appreciated. > > Everything else seems fine on the Mini at the moment. The Mountain Lion > update was done only yesterday. > > I actually rely on DropBox so it is difficult not having it working on > this machine. > > I'll probably try the 1.4 version again but don't think that will make a > difference. > > Again, tips wanted! > > Eric Caron > > On Aug 10, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net> wrote: > >> Hi Eric >> >> You missed one important step in the process I think. After stopping the >> DropBox process, deleting the app, you didn't restart your machine. >> >> I've found this to be important. Remember also that, if you upgraded >> Mountain Lion from Lion, your existing app settings would stick, as long as >> they are compatible. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 10 Aug 2012, at 04:18, Eric Caron <eric_ca...@mac-access.net> wrote: >> >> Hi Listers, >> >> I've followed the Dropbox tips carefully over the past discussions and >> used them successfully in the past. today I installed Mountain Lion on my >> Mini and dropbox is not sinking. it claims it does not have permission. >> >> I stopped the Dropbox process in Activity Monitor. I deleted the app >> completely from my mini and then ran the DMG of Dropbox from my desktop. >> Also later I repeated and ran it from my downloads. I tried both version >> 1.5 and 1.4. >> >> In all cases I got the dreaded Dropbox has no windows. I was never asked >> for my sign in criteria. >> >> I successfully followed this process and got Dropbox working on my Mac Book >> Pro. So I'm surprised the same process is not working on the mini. >> >> Tips would be greatly appreciated. >> >> eric Caron >> >> >> <--- 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/> >> >> <--- Gordon Smith ---> >> >> This message was written using 100 Percent recycled electrons. >> >> gor...@mac-access.net >> >> Follow us on Twitter: @maciosaccess >> >> <---> >> >> >> >> >> >> <--- 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/> <--- 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/>. 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