Huh... I had been working from the assumption that it would be necessary to mouse-click the folders checkboxes, no doubt a holdover from my windows days. It never occurred to me that pressing spacebar would do the checking/unchecking. That's great! Still though, having a sighted person in your life isn't so hard, or even so bad a thing. I keep one or two around just for grins and giggles.
On Jun 28, 2014, at 8:31 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > You have to do this blind, but then what else is new - grin! First, if you > haven't used selective sync, I think you assume all boxes are checked by > default. First, open dropbox on the computer you want to change - the dropbox > directory, that is. See if all folders are there. Take note of what you wish > to uncheck or, if you have used selective sync before and have unchecked > folders, what you want to check. Click on your dropbox icon in menu extras > and click settings and account. For selective sync, do vo-space on change > settings. Go to the browser, interact with it and turn on quick nav. Arrow > down to each folder and, if you wish, arrow right and down to do subfolders. > Don't try to use vo-space; just do space on the ones you want to change. You > won't be able to tell what is checked or unchecked, but having checked your > dropbox folder you will know what you want to change and can just do space > accordingly on whatever needs to be changed. When done, do vo-space on the > update button and then do vo-space on update again in response to the alert. > Very soon, if not immediately, you should be able to go back to dropbox > directory in finder and verify that your changes took place. One less job for > your sighted friends and family! > > >> -- >> Cheryl >> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; >> his mercies never come to an end; >> they are new every morning; >> great is your faithfulness." >> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> > > > On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:31 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> Well that's just too bad because I do not have sighted assistance that can >> run over here and help me whenever I would like to change something on my >> computer. But thanks for the information. I will probably just have to >> unlink that computer's dropbox. >> >> >> >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >>> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! >>> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >>> His joy for my despairing tears! >>> And now, every day: >>> "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: >>> The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; >>> his mercies never come to an end; >>> they are new every morning; >>> great is your faithfulness." >>> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >>> >> >> >> On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:22 PM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I use selective sink and I can tell you that you will need sighted >>> assistance. Even with limited vision and magnification on it is very >>> difficult for a vision impaired person to find those checkboxes and check >>> them there's no audio feedback whatsoever. Again, you will definitely need >>> sighted assistance on this one. A sighted person will see right away what >>> needs to be checked. The checkboxes are to the left of the folder name. >>> But, voiceover is for all the way over to the right end of the line and you >>> need to bring the cursor over to the left to get to the check box. >>> Good luck >>> >>> Sent from my IPhone >>> >>> >>> On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:29 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cah4...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>>> My dropbox is going to be too big for one of my computers and I want to >>>> exclude some folders. However, when I use menu extras and go to Selective >>>> Sync, I am told only checked folders will be included. But all I see is a >>>> browser with my list of files. I have found no check boxes and no way to >>>> make them visible or know if they are checked or unchecked. 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