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Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
shinbeth
I should have put a " š " after "now stop and"...I am sorry if it offended you, truly, but it wasn't meant as an order, but as a friendly suggestion...should have known that all humor has left this discussion a while ago.
...and no, I am not a Db employee...just trying to be of service and relaying to the community what worked for me...I just did the same thing on my Mac Mini M1 file server, and pointed Dropbox at my external 2TB SSD that holds the entirety of my Dropbox, and after indexing the folder, all is well...but you obviously see me as the enemy here, so take it or leave it and keep being angry.
Yes you should have.
Why make things complicated? Just get a large internal SSD drive (eg. 8TB) instead of having to back a ridiculously low 2TB external hard drive and try to sync it with Dropbox LOL
Why are you/Dropbox making things so complicated when they shouldn't.
Why spend more money if you don't have to? Oh, right. The American way. The whole point of this cloud business is so you DON"T have to buy a huge internal, right? Isn't that why they make the computers smaller? Because you supposedly don't need the internal? Asterisk? Footnote? Hurdle? Hoop? I thought the cloud was to make it less complicated. You know, like self check out lanes. Ha.
"Why spend more money if you don't have to? Oh, right. The American way. The whole point of this cloud business is so you DON"T have to buy a huge internal, right?"
That's one reason, yes. But no the only one:
We use cloud sync with our external huge drives to allow collaboration with audio/video editing. The workflow for lots of media houses with people who collaborate in multiple locations requires files be local (speed of editing and playback), and sync through the cloud not only facilitates that, it also backs up all the files in case of catastrophe.
Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question. No matter, I'm halfway through moving the files to an external for now, and will find another cloud solution. My monthly gets charged on the 28th. I'll use the $130/yr somewhere else. It appears, for my needs, the Googly will be about $40/yr. I'll have canceled by then. I use it rarely, as I say, more for storage, and whenever I go on to "just simply" share a file or folder, it's a labryinth of download, compile, move, upload, save, try and share, share only this way, share if they have an account... don't even try to find where "delete" is hidden. I don't need to be paying for all the bells and whistles I have to navigate through to save and file in the cloud or send to someone maybe 5 times a year. Enough. They can continue upgrading and changing and selling every 90 days to others.
I assume this is a solution.
- Because my Mac Mini only has 512GB, internally, and I donāt have the money to ājust getā a 2TB Mac Mini, when this one works perfectly well. I am surprised that you would laugh about people who canāt ājustā spend a couple thousand bucks on a whim, to solve an issue that can be solved with a $200 external SSD. Wish I had your deep pockets.
But letās just keep the personal comments at bay and try to focus on the issue at hand, again: an official Db solution to Appleās Cloud API changes.Exactly. I'll probably be leaving this thread soon (that I personally started) because I really never got a confirmation on my solution (though it appears putting everything online only if you can swing that, is the answer). However, as I say, I'm just over Dropbox and their constant manipulation. I seriously just need extra storage and way to share something occasionally that is large. There are even "freebies" online that can do that now. In a way, I'm glad this has shown up and lit the fire for me to finally stop giving them tons of money when there are other obvious solutions for me.
- Jamesgangcc
āExactly. I'll probably be leaving this thread soon (that I personally started)ā
Hi James, Iām actually pretty confusedā¦ DropBox shows JonC as starting this thread. Maybe they merged two threads together?
Iām actually glad you have other solutions for your use case. Iāve been looking as well (for mine) but havenāt found one. OneDrive washed out: it barfs with certain files.
Well then you should have invested in a better education, to get a better job and more money. No one can help you here if you can't even afford a basic internal drive that caters for your needs.
Ewwww... looks like someone has bought into the "Just World Fallacy" ā we don't live in a meritocracy. Your ignorance is showing.
