Bloodrop — the Dropbox droplet for Mac OS X Dock

Drag files to Bloodrop Dock icon and paste public Dropbox links from clipboard.

Features

• multiple files drop
• put files to Public or Public subfolder on drop
• Growl notification (Growl 1.2 and Growl 1.3 for now)
• downloadable Dropbox links when holding Option key
• interactive setup.

How to use

• unzip Bloodrop to any folder you like on the filesystem,
• drag Bloodrop.app to Dock,
• execute Bloodrop once to configure (enter Dropbox user ID and choose Public subfolder or Public folder itself where to put files on drop),
• drop files on Bloodrop Dock icon, wait for Growl notification, than paste public Dropbox links anywhere you want.
• hold Option key while dropping files to make downloadable URLs (downloaded by browser instead of opening)

Where to find your Dropbox user ID?

Open Dropbox Public folder in Finder, choose Dropbox > Copy Public Link in context menu of any file inside Public folder. You'll get a link in clipboard like: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12345/mycoolpic.jpg. Numbers 12345 (you have another your own of course) in the link is required user ID.

Download

Latest recommended version: 0.1.7-precompiled

Tested on: Mac OS 10.6.8 and 10.7.3