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_robin_
Helpful | Level 6
4 years ago
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Apple Silicon (M1) Desktop Sync Compatibility

Please can you upgrade the Dropbox app so that it works natively on Apple Silicon Macs (M1) without Rosetta.   Rosetta is not an option as it annihilates the battery.   This may be a duplicat...
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  • Emmet's avatar
    Emmet
    3 years ago

    Hi all,

    Native Apple silicon support is now fully available. All users with Apple silicon devices will receive the native version of Dropbox automatically. If you would like to update your device manually, you can do so by clicking on the latest Stable Build and downloading the Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) file. For more information, visit the Dropbox Help Center.

     

    If you need assistance with anything else, please feel free to create a new thread and our community team will be happy to assist.

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Walter
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3 years ago

Hi all,

 

I just wanted to mention that starting today, native Apple silicon support will begin automatically rolling out, with availability to all users in the coming weeks.

 

​​While this rollout is in progress, users can receive immediate access to native support by opting in to our early releases. For more information, you can visit this Help Center article.

  • strutton's avatar
    strutton
    Helpful | Level 5
    3 years ago

    Does the latest build do anything to improve the amount of memory dropbox is using? It's by far the largest memory hog on my M1 machine. 

    • jlaguna's avatar
      jlaguna
      Experienced | Level 12
      3 years ago

      strutton You're using the Apple Silicon beta? That would be discouraging, since that was one of the biggest knocks against the Intel/Rosetta-2 version.

      • JoeRegu's avatar
        JoeRegu
        New member | Level 2
        3 years ago
        That’s correct on the beta I only saw a small reduction in memory usage from the Rosetta.
  • snmorbe's avatar
    snmorbe
    Collaborator | Level 8
    3 years ago

    How do I get the M1 app dropbox on Macbook Pro (not a beta version)? 

    • jekratz's avatar
      jekratz
      Collaborator | Level 9
      3 years ago

      If you don't already have it it should download automatically. 

      • snmorbe's avatar
        snmorbe
        Collaborator | Level 8
        3 years ago

        jekratz Walter thanks for you answer and post. You tell me it will automatically update.

         

        1. How can I check if I have the M1 Stable version? I don't want the beta version. How can I check if I have this stable M1 version?

        2. And do I need to do something about the version with Rosetta?

         

        I really don't know how this all works. Thanks for the help.

        Sonja

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