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wwmiller3
Helpful | Level 6
5 years ago
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Dropbox Apple Silicon (M1) install

Hi,   I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" with the M1 processor and I cannot seem to get a native install of Dropbox for this chipset. From searching the community, it seems like M1 support sh...
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  • Emmet's avatar
    Emmet
    4 years ago

    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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JOfE
Experienced | Level 11
5 years ago

I agree. 

But Adobe gets my vote for worst of the worst.

  • Wvp's avatar
    Wvp
    Helpful | Level 6
    5 years ago

    mbingel Indeed Maestral work fine, it does not have al the features of the Dropbox client. It misses things like block level sync and an easy way to see the status of your files. The upside is that you can sync multiple accounts.

    • mbingel's avatar
      mbingel
      Helpful | Level 6
      5 years ago

      @Wvp Agree, I just don't want to install Rosetta on my M1 Mac.

       

      I need basic Dropbox support to have my files local and a backup in Dropbox. So this helps me as a workaround 🙂

      • Wvp's avatar
        Wvp
        Helpful | Level 6
        5 years ago

        mbingel I agree and I'm going to try it also. I mainly work on my Intel iMac but also have an M1 Macbook for when I'm not near my iMac. Maestral on the Macbook would be a great solution to keep the folders in sync because the folders I need synced locally are limited to active project folders.

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