Oh yes, definitely, me too - grin! My comments were not intended to be anti-sighted help; it's just that often one of them can't be around when I need them. But then I'm usually not there to help when all the lights go out during a storm and they can't find the candles either!
> -- > 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 29, 2014, at 8:27 AM, Phil Halton <philh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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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