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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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Happy to hear you’re working hard on a Native M1 version of Dropbox. This is a dealbreaker for us.
Xprt , if they were indeed "working hard" on it, it'd already be done -- in my whole toolchain, they're the ONLY holdout. M1 dev kits have been available for over a year.
Dropbox was too busy fattening the service up with collaboration features nobody asked for and ignored bringing CORE SERVICE FUNCTIONALITY up to date.
My business is waiting for this feature. Please make this internal build for native Apple M1 support soon, because otherwise we will leave Dropbox. It is to long waiting.
First half of 2022? You'd think they'd throw more resources at this now that it's received so much attention.
I've been following this for a while now and just now I read they start working on it.
I've been using dropbox only in my webbrowser ever since on my M1 Air and it's a pain.
I thought this was a no brainer for a caliber like dropbox to support M1s as fast as possible. It's embarrassing.
And even when it's done. I think I am not so sure anymore If I want a sharing system like this running on my Laptop unless it's really well coded and lightweight.
The things I read about performance under Rosetta 2 - and the things I see on my Intel Desktop Mac in the Activity Monitor make me think otherwise.
It's a pity ...
Please release the internal build and let us test it, too.
As a paying customer, we should not have to wait this long for support the latest cutting edge processor from a company that charges the prices you do for this service.
I am not complaining about paying ... I am not pleased with this purposeful lack of attention to technical detail and support for paying customers.
David Taylor
TaylorDW@me.com
- Please release the internal build and let us test it, too.
As a paying customer, we should not have to wait this long for support the latest cutting edge processor from a company that charges the prices you do for this service.
I am not complaining about paying ... I am not pleased with this purposeful lack of attention to technical detail and support for paying customers.
David Taylor
[email address removed per the Dropbox Community Guidelines] Indeed; Dropbox is my entire life, but professionally and private and it is hard to believe that as one of the best business programs, they don't have native M1 support yet.
Dropbox, you need to step up.
Enough is enough. #DropDropbox @Dropbox @Sync @drewhouston
I hope you have corrected dear Megan with her horrible, tone-deaf response to this critical issue. Imagine the number of users you have lost because of your hubris and laziness in addressing this:
This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team. We’ve updated the status to encourage more users to back you up!
