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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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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.
I'm disappointed that I have to vote for native M1 support. I will wait for some months if it will come. If not, I will leave Dropbox after a long time..
Simply speaking, if Dropbox doesn't go native on Silicon in the near term, I'll be migrating to a new cloud storage provider and I have been a loyal Dropbox user and advocate for around a decade.
Beyond my personal account I also got my whole company to use Dropbox as our primary cloud storage platform. If it wasn't for my continued advocacy, they would have pushed us to OneDrive a few years ago.
Dropbox Devs seriously need to think this one over.
