MacOS – dropbox link to their site does not work in contextual menu nor in menu bar

So I finally found a solution to this.

I compiled the following Objective-c code and call it through the terminal.

#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

int main(int argc, const char * argv[])
{

  @autoreleasepool {
    LSSharedFileListRef recentDocsList = LSSharedFileListCreate(NULL, kLSSharedFileListRecentDocumentItems, NULL);
    LSSharedFileListRemoveAllItems(recentDocsList);
    NSLog(@"Cleared files!");
  }
   return 0;
}

I personally don't have this active on my Dropbox account by default but of you I tried it out on my 10.9 system.

It doesn't work for me either and this could either be because of the OS or Dropbox. What I suspect is that OS X won't allow the changing of the screen shot location from a third party app.

What you can do as a work around is the following:

Launch Terminal and use the following syntax:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location /path/

For example, if I want to have the screenshots appear in a specific Dropbox folder, you would use:

defaults write com.apple.screencapture location ~/Dropbox/Pictures/Screenshots

Log out or restart your Mac and take a screenshot. This should now automatically place the image in the new folder and thus Dropbox is syncing.

For additional fun check out: http://secrets.blacktree.com/?showapp=com.apple.screencapture