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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 duplicate of the below idea however that started for ARM processors in general and you haven't looked at it in 6 years so starting an Apple specific idea in the hope you see it.
There are also lots of comments on this thread to help support the case for demand:
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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Yeaahhhh this is going to get awkward once all the M1 Macs start being delivered over the next month. If it's not ready by then I'm cancelling all my accounts (business and personal).
What's a good alternative to Dropbox for both medium business and enterprise? This is the last straw for us and we are thinking of moving away from Dropbox.
Make Apple Silicon native or I take my. Usiness to iCloud which I already pay for!
Wow, wouldn't have expected Dropbox to not support Apple Silicon already. Need to consider switching to another service once my new Mac arrives.
Please add native M1 support.
Hey Dropbox, instead of this having native M1 support from the start, you guys can go the “premium features route”!!!! Or even better, charge an extra monthly fee on top of what you charge, just to be able to have M1 support!!! 😈😈😈 now we’re really talking capitalism.
"This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team."
Cool... so you're saying this isn't even on your development roadmap? That means any change is potentially 6-12 months out.
I think I'm going to need to see a bit more action from dropbox before I continue paying for my premium account. Additionally, I'll move my team away from dropbox at work... which will be pretty easy, since every other cloud storage provider offers M1 support...
oh dear. dropbox just lost me as a very longstanding customer due to this.
The decision to not update the DropBox code to encompass M1 Macs at this point is absurd. Dropbox is a notorious battery hog that constantly needs to be fixed. Why not do it right, DropBox and make the app function as best as possible? Please.
