Sorry that this is all a bit convoluted but the Internet has got enormously more complicated since I first used it in 1996.
Thanks for your advice. Steve
That which I thought was going to happen now HAS now happened... I've run out of space on my MacBook so I'm having to delete everything which I've attempted to upload today to Dropbox. What a waste of bloody time.
All this is FAR, FAR too complicated... I used to teach IT. To the blind. But to even think about doing such an occupation nowadays would be a non-starter.
People buying new computers used to complain about so-called \"bloatware\" and had to remove programs, unnecessary software, images, videos etc already placed by unscrupulous manufacturers on their new computers even before they could even think about using it.
Dropbox has made their system unuseable after progressively complicating everything over the time that I've been using their services.
All I wanted to do was place a few videos and music files on a server, pay the hosting service money for doing so, et voilá... everyone's happy. It seems nowadays that one not only needs a university degree to do so, but 48-hours in one day.
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Many thanks to Colin for using his magic.