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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...
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.
My experience with Rosetta apps is that they normally work just fine, but with a noticable lag in input, chew up cpu and battery/ram as well. A native experience is smoother and with less lag.
What's really odd to me is that the dropbox installer is itself a universal binary, and runs fine as an Apple silicon binary:
But the resulting installed binary still runs in Intel mode:
I don't see the point in going to the trouble of creating a universal binary for the installer when the target app is still Intel mode only.
fully agreed. it's awful to clone the processes
most companies outsource for installers - so the installer is probably not actually done by dropbox.
This is starting to get on my nerves a bit. I've waited for roughly a year now for Dropbox to release native Apple Silicon versions of their apps. Additionally, all of the Dropbox processes combined are using over 1.2 GBs of memory on my M1 MacBook Air. This is very frustrating to have all of this bloatware installed on my machine promoting features and upgrades I'll never use. I only want a folder to sync a few files. It might be time to find an alternative after almost 15 years.
I’m looking for alternatives and might just upgrade my icloud account to more space. I have been with Dropbox a long time but do feel they don’t care about apple users (could be wrong but feel that way).
It's crazy.
Attention Dropbox. There is a reason why people want native apps and it's not just because it has far better performance, but because will all the companies like you who are slow to change are saying "oh it runs fine under rosetta2", maybe, but running 10 programs and all their helpers under Rosetta sure slows everything down!
You won't miss me Dropbox (I'm a free user with only one reason to use Dropbox which I am about to change).
But make no mistake, most of your customers with apple silicon (and I'm betting after Apple's unleashed event that will very soon be a substantial number) will not tolerate non native apps for long.
What most people want is a commitment to change and some transparency as to how it will be rolled out.
Dropbox. Are you going to make an M1 version (it seems insane to think you wouldn't)? and when will it happen?
Until you tell people, I can't imagine M1 users not leaving in droves...
Dear Dropbox,
Of all 453 processes running, the only one which still is Intel based... is
Dropbox👻. I was waiting for you guys and Spotify. Spotify won today.
It gave me an automatic update to a new stable version which is Apple M1 optimised.
Proof:
Dropbox.. we are waiting on you. Make it happen.
As of today, Box for Apple Silicon is out of beta so it is now fully native.
It's only Dropbox left, fully in the old Intel world, no signs of even a beta for Apple Silicon.
Apple already sells no portable computers left with Intel, and only one old iMac version and the $$$$ Mac Pro.
It's time to migrate to something else, folks. Box? OneDrive? iCloud Drive? All of them native or in beta as native now.
PlentyGoodNot sure where you found a native M1 Mac version for OneDrive (Business).
I started using Maestral (open source) for DropBox, now testing StrongSync (paid, by ExpanDrive) for OneDrive Business.So I can finally retire my old Intel MacBook and use my M1 MacBook with 100% native software.
You have had nearly 2 years since the transition to Apple Silicon was announced, Dropbox. I have been a paid customer for a very long time, but will absolutely be looking for other options if a native application is not released soon. I didn't just spend over $5K for a new MacBook Pro Max so that it could be slowed down by software from companies who can't be bothered to make the transition. So it will be goodbye Dropbox in short order when my new computer arrives if I don't see some kind of indication that Dropbox is at least working on this, complete with a timeline to its anticipated release.
- Agree with Mindspan. Apple silicon was announced a long time ago. Even the lazy folks at Adobe got their major programs updated. Who would’ve thought?!
Adobe managed to update their programs such as Illustrator or Photoshop with its 20+ years of code. And then there’s Dropbox. Basically just a little utility tool. Two years and no word of native support. Sometimes I wonder how some managers made it so far. Despite this thread the stock price is holding solid… I mean cmon!!
