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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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Dropbox support of M1 is a no-brainer: just do it 🙂
If Dropbox isn’t updated for Apple Silicon by the time my company’s new Macbooks arrive (3-4 weeks), we will be cancelling our Dropbox business account and moving to a competitor.
Please. This is a no-brainer. Don’t make me leave Dropbox for Google Drive.
Another vote for M1 native support. I'd even go as far as to say to stop wasting your resources on paper, docusigns, video commenting and the slew of other apps that aren't finding mass adoption.
Nothing is quite as crucial as making your priority product get with the times.
This is positively idiotic. It seems to me that dropbox has gotten cocky in it's place in the cloud file sharing world. It's WILDLY tone-def to not upgrade their lacklustre desktop app to the new hardware. They're a big company, I'm sure they've got a developer that can take the 15 minutes needed to port it over. This is just willfully ignoring the valuable Mac users.
Dropbox CEO has commented on this mess via Twitter...support coming H1 of 2022!?
https://twitter.com/drewhouston/status/1453765978198732802I was an early adopter of Dropbox and generally like the service. I have a MacBook Pro on order, and once the new iMacs and Mac Pros are out all my Apple devices will run on M1 (ARM) hardware.
I assume Dropbox will understand the urgent need to create a native ARM version. Otherwise, there's no choice for the majority of us to switch to one of the alternatives.
What does ”H1” mean?
I have a corporate account with 35 users. The lack of native Mac support is a huge issue for me and one that would make me seriously considering moving to another service.
It's very short sighted to not support as many platforms as you can. That's so obviously the future of computing and the whole reason the Cloud exists to begin with. People need to access their data through various means and devices. It's mind boggling that you haven't implemented this already. Do you even know what your business is?
The goal should be Dropbox on every platform, as silly as it may seem today. It won't be long that I want to view files from my TV app, my car, my watch, etc... I might even want to access files from my headphones... maybe I want Dropbox to read a document to me. "Siri, read Document XYZ."
If you're asking yourself what's the business case for this, you're asking the wrong question. This is your business.
This is absurd and embarrassing for Dropbox. You know what I don't want? Collaboration features in my file-syncing app. You know what I do want? Basic attention to compatibility in my file-syncing app.
