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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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Shame on you Dropbox. Another bad move...
Yeah, I'm sorry but H1 is not good enough. We need this NOW. Everybody in the company that can use a keyboard should be on this. It's incredibly bad and the impression the damage control left is not a good one.
I've created a story to try and get Dropbox to increate their transparency and help existing users reconnect and re-build trust with them in the light of this mess - if anyone's interested and not jumping ship just yet.
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Increased-Transparency-Public-Roadmaps-and-Development-Backlogs/idi-p/553758This is ridiculous..
Am I understanding this correct, that they will not update the app before 2022???
How can a service that sells professional subscriptions be that slow in updating their software?
An enterprise that has the pro subscription, are with a change to the new M1Pro/Max not able to run the Desktop version of dropbox?
I have just received my new 14" M1Pro mac, and the desktop version installation file wont run on this mac?
Will I see a deduction in my monthly subscription, until everything works? - Or will I need to seek other cloud storage services as a replacement for Dropbox?
Won't be renewing either way. It's taken too long for me to still be able to take Dropbox seriously. I'll be taking giving money to a company who actually cares — or at least pretends to. Dropbox, you didn't even pretend. And now you're even making excuses. Had this been a personal relationship, I would've cut you off a long time ago. Farewell. You will not be missed.
At this time, the M1 Macs have been out for almost a year. Dropbox is being negligent and clearly doesn't care about its customers, if I hadn't a annual account, I would cancel immediately
No native client a year later? It seems like Dropbox lacks a coherent product roadmap to address more modern processors. Maybe they cannot afford the cost of maintaining complex software.
Honestly, I already pay for an Office 365 subscription and it comes with Onedrive, which surprisingly isn’t bad. Ever since Office was hardwired to only use Onedrive for auto save, I’ve been thinking I should migrate but it’s a minor hassle. It sounds like another ISV is going to get crushed by MSFT for either a lack of attention to customer needs or a lack of capital to keep up with the competitive landscape. I had a cloud service called Mozy a while back that died the same way. If Dropbox thinks the people who are paying $4k for a new MacBook will accept mediocre software ruining that, it’s going to be interesting to watch market forces play out as most of those users already pay for Onedrive too.
Please! Most Software is M1 by now. Can you please hurry up, otherwise we'll have to move. There are other options. Can't be that hard 😉
There is no question that Dropbox needs to support MacOS on M1. As developer I cannot understand how they missed this.
