Comments on: Get DropBox Public Links Easier with Bloodrop for Mac OS X http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/ News, tips, software, reviews, and more for Mac OS X, iPhone, iPad Wed, 22 May 2013 13:50:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Stephen Strum http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/#comment-318202 Stephen Strum Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:05:27 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26065#comment-318202 James, It would seem so but once you have this set up with the Bloodrop Icon in the dock, all that is needed to be done is to drag the file you wish to share onto the icon and a message pops up to remind you that your clipboard now contains the URL to share the file. That's the upside and I am all for speeding up processes. Your method above ONLY works for files in the PUBLIC folder of Dropbox. Therefore, you would first need to move the file you wish to share into the Public folder. With Bloodrop you can take any file on your computer and within seconds put it into a FOLDER name that you had already chosen during the Dropbox setup and have it shared via the created URL. That is a big difference. James,
It would seem so but once you have this set up with the Bloodrop Icon in the dock, all that is needed to be done is to drag the file you wish to share onto the icon and a message pops up to remind you that your clipboard now contains the URL to share the file. That’s the upside and I am all for speeding up processes. Your method above ONLY works for files in the PUBLIC folder of Dropbox. Therefore, you would first need to move the file you wish to share into the Public folder. With Bloodrop you can take any file on your computer and within seconds put it into a FOLDER name that you had already chosen during the Dropbox setup and have it shared via the created URL. That is a big difference.

]]> By: clasqm http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/#comment-318063 clasqm Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:25:18 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26065#comment-318063 Agreed. This is a solution looking for a problem. Agreed. This is a solution looking for a problem.

]]> By: James http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/#comment-317629 James Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:10:16 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26065#comment-317629 Seems just as easy to: 1) Right-click on a file in Dropbox folder 2) Select Dropbox>Get Shareable Link from the menu 3) Hit Command + C from the browser window where the link is already highlighted Seems just as easy to:
1) Right-click on a file in Dropbox folder
2) Select Dropbox>Get Shareable Link from the menu
3) Hit Command + C from the browser window where the link is already highlighted

]]> By: Stephen Strum http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/#comment-317570 Stephen Strum Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:51:11 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26065#comment-317570 Description and instructions could be a lot clearer. Try these instructions: This app is for users of Dropbox and not to be confused with Drop Box which is not an app but which is on every Mac computer as a folder residing in the Public subfolder in the user's home folder (house icon). Here are clearly written steps for the highly useful Bloodrop application which works with the app Dropbox (DB). First, get your Dropbox ID by launching Dropbox website via right click on Dropbox menu icon. Find PUBLIC folder in your collection of Dropbox folders you already have. Select any file in that public folder and right click it and choose "copy public link". That will open a Copy Public Link box that shows the URL. The number after http://di.dropbox.com/u/ is your Dropbox user ID. It will be all numbers and usually about 7 digits. Copy that number so you can use it in step #6 below. 1. Download Bloodrop by clicking on the Downloads section next to Project Home. The website address for the Download is http://code.google.com/p/bloodrop/ 2. Choose the "RECOMMENDED" download. 3. Double click on the Bloodrop.app-0.1.4-binary.zip which will unzip the file into your downloads folder. 4. OPEN the Bloodrop.app. 5. See it bouncing in your dock and select "Options" and choose: keep in dock. 6. Left mouse click on dock icon and it will give you message to read; click OK and it will open another box where you insert your Dropbox ID. 7. You are then done and can use Bloodrop by dragging ANY file to the Bloodrop icon on the Dock, which will give you Growl message that the URL for this file has been copied to your clipboard. So if you wished to share any file with someone, you would have dragged that file to the Bloodrop icon, then related that URL to your friend by pasting (Command-V) the clipboard in an email or in any document (Word, text edit). Description and instructions could be a lot clearer. Try these instructions:

This app is for users of Dropbox and not to be confused with Drop Box which is not an app but which is on every Mac computer as a folder residing in the Public subfolder in the user’s home folder (house icon). Here are clearly written steps for the highly useful Bloodrop application which works with the app Dropbox (DB).

First, get your Dropbox ID by launching Dropbox website via right click on Dropbox menu icon. Find PUBLIC folder in your collection of Dropbox folders you already have. Select any file in that public folder and right click it and choose “copy public link”. That will open a Copy Public Link box that shows the URL. The number after http://di.dropbox.com/u/ is your Dropbox user ID. It will be all numbers and usually about 7 digits. Copy that number so you can use it in step #6 below.
1. Download Bloodrop by clicking on the Downloads section next to Project Home. The website address for the Download is
http://code.google.com/p/bloodrop/
2. Choose the “RECOMMENDED” download.
3. Double click on the Bloodrop.app-0.1.4-binary.zip which will unzip the file into your downloads folder.
4. OPEN the Bloodrop.app.
5. See it bouncing in your dock and select “Options” and choose: keep in dock.
6. Left mouse click on dock icon and it will give you message to read; click OK and it will open another box where you insert your Dropbox ID.
7. You are then done and can use Bloodrop by dragging ANY file to the Bloodrop icon on the Dock, which will give you Growl message that the URL for this file has been copied to your clipboard. So if you wished to share any file with someone, you would have dragged that file to the Bloodrop icon, then related that URL to your friend by pasting (Command-V) the clipboard in an email or in any document (Word, text edit).

]]> By: PrimeDisc http://osxdaily.com/2012/01/17/get-dropbox-public-links-easier-with-bloodrop-for-mac-os-x/#comment-317569 PrimeDisc Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:40:26 +0000 http://osxdaily.com/?p=26065#comment-317569 I still don't get why the Dropbox team does not develop similar functions or better, has developed such things as a feature already. I generally love Dropbox, but don't understand why such basic stuff is (still) missing. I still don’t get why the Dropbox team does not develop similar functions or better, has developed such things as a feature already. I generally love Dropbox, but don’t understand why such basic stuff is (still) missing.

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