![]() I want to understand what has happened and what the workarounds (if any) are. The issue with this and all the replies I've seen is that there is no explanation or understanding as to how much of a disadvantage this to some of us long-time Dropbox users. "Storing your Dropbox folder on an external drive is no longer supported by macOS." The standard copy-and-paste reply from Dropbox support is from this article: I've read the help documentation and read through some posts on this forum. I'm very confused about what is happening with Dropbox. >It is, however it is now known as online-only. will it move stuff to being online only if it won't fit? >That's right, it will try to move the content on your internal drive until it has no space and gives you an error. >So what will happen - if we have a Dropbox folder on an 8TB drive and a tiny internal drive - will it try to clone stuff across and eat up the space? What's the mechanism? >The updates happening automatically every time the Dropbox app is restarting, for example if your device never restarts it should maintain the older version but we can't guarantee full functionality on older versions of the application. What will trigger its enforcement? Can we stay on an earlier OS or Dropbox version? >This change doesn't seem to have hit us yet - we're running a variety of machines inc Ventura ![]() Unfortunately, there is no workaround on this as changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS. > I totally understand and I apologize for the inconvenience. We have a large distributed team using DB for video work, no way it'll fit within internal drives. >This is a showstopper for us, and will mean we have to move to another service. That is correct Jon, as part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage. My name is Joseph, and I will be more than happy to look into your request, right away. > Hello Jon, and thank you for contacting Dropbox Support. >Hi there, I read today that you are scrapping the ability to store the Dropbox folder on external disks, on OSX. Gutted - been with Dropbox for years and our entire video team flow is based around it Just confirmed this with DB support (see below). if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability. As a result, the software runs faster and also consumes less power, which is great for MacBook users when using their laptop unplugged.Īlthough the main version of Dropbox for Mac is yet to be updated with Apple Silicon support, users can now download Dropbox Beta (version 1) compatible with M1.In case anyone's unaware. Having an app running natively on Apple Silicon means that it can take full advantage of the M1 chip and its variants. However, the company never said when this version would be released to users, who still have to run the app through Rosetta – which translates Intel apps to ARM, but with some performance loss. Once you download the new installer, it comes with the identifier “arm64,” which means that it is compatible with the ARM architecture of the M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max chips.įinally!! Just tried it with my MacBook Pro 16″ M1 Pro and can confirm that Dropbox now runs as Apple Silicon version.įor some unknown reason, Dropbox took more than a year to confirm that it was working on a version of its app compatible with the M1 chip. Luckily, the company has finally released an update for the app that brings full support for the M1 chip.Īs noted by a Dropbox user, the latest beta version of the Dropbox app for macOS runs natively on the Apple Silicon platform. Dropbox was widely criticized by Mac users last year as the company was yet to update its macOS app with native support for the Apple Silicon platform.
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