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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-...
juliolio this is what happens when a single company dominates a sector, then innovation stops and they no longer need to develop their product...
ArthurPix Sync.com is laggy like you said yourself... certainly not a reliable workaround for professionals and professional freelancers. Also the sync is really slow compared to Dropbox speeds and the indexing system different too (Dropbox being far superior).
I chip in on this thread every now and again, just to remind folks of how good Dropbox Sync really is pre File Provider. BTW I'm on Ventura 13.6.4 and it still works perfectly. We have maybe 100TB of files in Dropbox.
There's 2 things to focus on, one is storage for sure, and external syncing removal, if we are forced to move to "File Provider" will destroy our workflows here. But the other thing I worry about, is that LAN sync goes away too.
Now for those not familiar with this, it's simply a way of syncing files from another Dropbox user, who is on the same network locally, rather than via the Cloud. This feature is invaluable. Why?
Well because I have internet download speed of only 75Mb/s fairly typical in the UK. So what I do is have 2 Macs syncing. One just drip feeds all the time to an 8TB Raid. The other is my work machine which is portable and has less storage. If I want files when at home. I just sync as normal, but this feature retrieves the files from the other Mac. Eg. I just pulled 90GB of files in under an hour, that would take 5 times that via the internet!!
So we must not lose this LAN sync feature because it is the solution to poor internet download speeds.
For me the problem will only become a problem when the Old Syncing API no longer works with the latest Mac OS. So far this has not been the case. I'm optimistic about why, because it's obvious that without external Syncing AND LAN share Dropbox is unusable for millions of folks, using File Provider. This will therefore get solved eventually, it has to.
