Hi Gordon. I figured out that I could do it in the settings for dropbox, so now I will have to remember to turn dropbox on when restarting. I will look in preferences, and see if this method is better.
Thank you Annie. Den 05/09/2014 kl. 16.03 skrev Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net>: > Hi Anne > > You could resolve this by simply removing it from the auto-log-in preferences > in System Preferences>Users & Groups under the “Log-In Items” tab. > > Kindest regards > > Gordon > > On 29 Aug 2014, at 18:09, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Phil and Gordon. > > I can come to the preferences, but it is not an easy one. > > I press the VoiceOver+shift+space and I can find settings and press > vo+command+space and choose click, but the dropdown directly from the extras > menu will not work. > > Another thing is that it ought to be possible to turn dropbox off, so it will > not start automatically, and when start it manually when you have started up > the computer, and you will not run into troubles with the external disc. > > Best regards Annie. > Den 29/08/2014 kl. 17.19 skrev Gordon Smith <gor...@mac-access.net>: > >> Hi Phil >> >> I user a high-end thunderbolt drive for my DropBox folder. If your drive >> becomes disconnected, for any reason, DropBox pops up a window in the >> chooser giving you the option to relink or quit. >> >> On 29 Aug 2014, at 13:51, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I have the latest Mac dropbox app 2.10.74 I think, and I still use the >> option mouse click to bring up the dropbox menu from the extras menu bar. >> It’s the only way I know to get at that context menu. Of course, first route >> the mouse to the dropbox icon, then hold down the option key and click the >> mouse on your air/pro, or on an external mouse >> open the preferences menu item in the drop down menu and under “account”, >> you can change the default location of the dropbox folder. 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