Apple Silicon (M1) Desktop Sync Compatibility

What a poor response from Dropbox. Really, you claim to support MacOS as a platform, but refuse to think about updating to modern standards unless we dance, rally the troops, and vote? Nah, I see you’re going the way of Evernote and telling your customers to F* off. 

Well okay… I’m gone! Removing every file I have and deactivating my account. I’m leaving not because of your slow response to implementing this, I’m leaving because it is absolutely foolish to tell customers that their feedback isn’t valid to pass along to the appropriate team. 

So if we vote for Dropbox to add an option to change interface colors, that would take precedent over developing the core feature to work with the updated version of a committed platform? Seems shortsighted and a way to lose customers if you can’t evaluate on your own that some things are simply priority. I understand the volume of customers in need may affect some things, but what a short-sighted and ignorant response. 

Good riddance Dropbox. I hope you go out of business. Really. 

Adding in my vote. I've been a long-time Dropbox user, and I've ordered my MBP which will hopefully arrive in 2 weeks or so. I was stunned to read the Macrumors article about how Dropbox is being childish about providing M1 support. I mean, come on, Apple is moving on with their M1 strategy. And it's sounding like they're willing to provide whatever support developers need to make their product compatible with the new chip. I'm seeing quite a few business owners saying they'll be cancelling their accounts if this isn't fixed soon. Were I still a business owner, I'd definitely do the same thing, even though there were less than 5 people in the company.

“needs more votes”

dropbox. The entire mac lineup is ALREADY on Apple M1. Are you insane?

Everyone,

Just switch to a different cloud storage platform until dropbox gets the picture. Rosetta 2 is a temporary solution until dropbox decides they want to be easier on your battery life for your Macs like OneDrive is planning. 

Dropbox make this happen. Or I’ll be voting with my credit card. Box over there has M1 support and unlimited storage. Add this support, not more document features. Focus on your core business, syncing files on multiple platforms. 

"This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team."

What are you people smoking?

Make this happen or I am moving on at my next billing cycle. 

Ive been using dropbox on Mac as long as I can imagine.  And I'd like to continue to use it, but when dropbox started it was the best and only game in town.  Now there are alternatives and even Apple's native iCloud is getting better.  If Dropbox is going to ignore the Mac, maybe we'll just use one of the alternatives.

I can't believe that we are having to vote on this issue. I have long-term personal and business accounts with DropBox and if you expect to keep your users "happy" this should be a priority for you as the Apple silicon will be used in all of their upcoming computers. 

Will not use the sync client on my MacBook until M1 support is added. The battery drain is actually noticeable and like others I was surprised to see that there was no M1/ARM support yet. I'm not sure if support is planned and just not communicated, but it's concerning that this kind of core feature is being prioritized based on forum feedback and not the fact that the Mac client is just not performing well.