[OS X TeX] latexmk + Dropbox (+ Mavericks)

[Herbert Schulz]

On Dec 20, 2013, at 12:47 PM, Louis Talman <talmanl at gmail.com> wrote:

> If you don't want Dropbox to sync, just turn it off while you're working on something with TeX.  You can still work on the local copy.  When you're done, turn it back on.
> 

Howdy,

Is there a way to tell DropBox to suspend and later start up syncing via an AppleScript or some other scripting language. I don't see an AppleScript Dictionary for DropBox. It would be nice to automate this sort of thing in an adaptation of TeXShop's latexmk engines.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)