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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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So what, companies that make virtual machines are unhindered by "lots of technical changes in the OS", but a file-syncing app will take another 8 months? Cool.
It's appalling that making Dropbox AS native 1) had to be proposed by the users, and 2) had to gather enough votes to even be *considered* for implementation. As a paid customer, I'd go as far as to say it's outright insulting. Is that how little they value the performance / efficiency of DB? Is Rosetta emulation good enough for them? Is that how little they value my (limited) resources?
Time to look into alternatives.segeholm If you won't leave over it, then they have no reason to care what you think.
I'm actively looking for alternatives now. I haven't loved the bloat and unwelcome new "features," but it wasn't annoying enough to really think about changing. This kind of software malpractice, though, is enraging.
> This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team.
What share of paying registered Dropbox customers are mac users? Is that share growing or shrinking?
Dropbox - please update or risk loosing my subscription to your service I’ve got a business account and im quite prepare to move it to one drive or similar
Def support native support for Drop on Apple silicone.
Currently also use MS OneDrive and I would have to drop Dropbox if MS supports but DB does not.
Thanks
-ChrisSL
Yeah, I'm a graduate student. Neither my time nor my budget allow for this level of gross incompetence in a product on which I rely to manage my digital life. These comments about iCloud, OneDrive, Google Drive, Box, etc. make them sound like appealing, competent alternatives.
Support for a major platform? Maybe in H1 FY22...
Support for a freaking VR Headset? Apparently any day now? Priorities?!
"Slack and Dropbox are coming to Oculus Quest"
- DBXCommunity
Community Manager
Not for nothing, but my understanding is that both OneDrive and GoogleDrive already have native M1 builds.
Dropbox is saying "uh, maybe by next June."
