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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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This is all a joke right? Surely they are working on it... No way they are that deaf to the requests?
Wow, this thread was not what I was looking for when trying to fix the memory and battery drains of running Dropbox on my M1 laptop š
Weāve been using Dropbox since day 1 with half that time on a business plan.
Iām really disappointed to find out this isnāt even started or planned. Thatās insane!
Starting to look for other options for our studio as this isnāt acceptable from such a large company.
This will likely be the final nail in the coffin for Dropbox use at my company. Many of our machines are M1 now, this is unacceptable. We've already been in transition to Google Drive as it's interface is just easier for users to navigate and understand.
Dropbox support of M1 is a no-brainer: just do it š
If Dropbox isnāt updated for Apple Silicon by the time my companyās 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. Donāt 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.
