Hi David thanks for your imput its so very much appreciated. Judy On 12 Oct 2013, at 08:11, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> There should be a Public folder in your DropBox folder. > If you copy and paste the files you want to share into there you should, I > believe, be able to pull up a context menu with share link on it., > Shift vo M on the file to pull up the context menu. > I mostly get links off my windows machines but I think this works on the Mac > as well. > > As I say do not bother with the DropBox app itself. If necessary go to > www.dropbox.com to do any administration. > > David Griffith > -----Original Message----- > From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net > [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Judy Pryor > Sent: 11 October 2013 23:35 > To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility > Subject: Re: dropbox help please > > thank you David the only thing in that folder is the getting started PDF is > that right or should there be anything else at this moment in time, I > suppose now I think of it when I add a file it will be there, how do I put a > link to a file to send to somebody. Judy > On 11 Oct 2013, at 23:18, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > >> I never go anywhere near the DropBox app. It is a waste of time. >> As I say all you need to do is press command shift H and then locate your >> dropbox folder beneath your downloads folder. >> >> David Griffith >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net >> [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Judy Pryor >> Sent: 11 October 2013 23:10 >> To: Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility >> Subject: Re: dropbox help please >> >> I still can't open the dropbox I did everything you said and it won't > open. >> I listened to a podcast which told me to go into system prefs and turn > click >> option 5 ties to turn mouse keys on and off and followed his instructions >> to open dropbox but to no avail. now my old XP computer is freezing when > I >> go into outlook express or on a webb page which is wasn't doing before I >> installed dropbox. I just don't know what to do . Judy >> On 11 Oct 2013, at 15:02, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Judy you use the Dropbox app from the extras menu accessed with vo >> (control option) m twice. Then press vo left/right arrows until you see >> Dropbox then press vo space to activate this item. You don't need to use > the >> app to add files and folders to your Dropbox. Simply copy the file(s) and >> folder(s) with command c, then press command v in your Dropbox folder, >> located in the home folder, easily accessible with shift command h. To > open >> any file or folder press command o. >>> >>> E-mail Facebook and iMessage >>> christopher...@gmail.com >>> >>> On 11/10/2013 10:26, Judy Pryor wrote: >>>> I desperately need help I downloaded dropbox last night and spent hours >> trying to work out how to use it to no avail. When I open dropbox it just >> says dropbox has no windows. I need some basic instructions for idiots on >> how to use it how to send and retrieve them and just general info on how > to >> access and use dropbox. . >>>> Hope someone can help me. Judy >>>> <--- 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> >>>> >>>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure >> that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >> worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security >> strategy. 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