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Why is the Dropbox Desktop App no longer available?
The dropbox desktop app had such a great user interface and was a good workflow for our team.. unfortunately as of 17 Jan 2022, it has been dropped.. I wonder why this change was made, and i'm just h...
- Hey people, how are you all doing?
First of all, thanks a lot for your thoughts and comments. They surely help a lot to understand what you want on your end.
Keep in mind that Dropbox remains focused on helping our customers stay organized and work more efficiently. With this focus, we’re simplifying your desktop experience with improvements to Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, and the taskbar/menu bar.
Support for the desktop window ends on January 17, 2022.
Don’t worry—we're continuing to support a great desktop app experience for you and your content is still safe with us.
Save, view, share, and access all your files with the Dropbox folder in Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, the taskbar/menu bar, on dropbox.com, and with the latest iOS and Android apps.
If you need me, give me a shout.
I want to set up Selective Sync, and I used tobr able to do it with the Desktop App. How can I do that now?
Please don't insult the user community by telling us about all the great new stuff that Dropbox has when you're taking away something we've been counting on.
You can still control Selective Sync and local files thru the preferences for the Mac desktop integration. As a Mac user I can’t say the same for Windows but would expect it’s probably similar
What's available on Mac has no relevance whatsoever for non-Mac users. Please forgive the diatribe, but the Mac world is based on a model of appealing aesthetics, monopoly pricing, and aggressive use of intellectual-property laws. It is diametrically opposed to the philosophy of open source.
Is this why I can't login to the App on my MacBook and keep getting the "something went wrong" popup? Even though I can login on iOS and Web?
I'm running Kubuntu 21.10. I've managed to work around the loss of the desktop app. Here's how:
1. After installing Dropbox, I issue the command dropbox start -i.
2. Dropbox starts up and begins madly syncing a whole lot of stuff I don't want.
3. Meanwhile, the little. Dropbox icon (bless it) has appeared on my taskbar.
4 I click on that icon and choose Pause Syncing.
5. I go to Preferences/Sync/Selective Sync.
6, I uncheck Select All, then check any single folder (important), then Update. Alternatively, I can just click the folders I want stored locally.
7. I exit by clicking OK as necessary.
The Update empties out my local Dropbox folder except for my selected folders.
I emphasize: don't panic when Dropbox starts syncing files you don't want. This is bad behavior and a flaw in the program, but you can work around it. It occurs because in order to get that little Dropbox icon on the taskbar, you have to start syncing before you have a chance to do the selection of what is to be synced.
Hint to designers: this doesn't have to happen. When the program is started with dropbox start -i, you should immediately start a selective sync, not a full sync.
@Paul A.25 I'm sorry you have issues with the Mac system. Just trying to help others achieve the same Pin functions and Selective Sync that they enjoyed in the desktop app. I share your frustration of the needless removal of features people rely on. Have a great day
