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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 should be available in the latest installer. However, trying that plus the latest beta build all ask me to install Rosetta during installation. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks,
Warren
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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Thanks everyone for recommending Maestral. I had not even heard of it before!
Surprising indeed that on my M1 MacBook, the only process still running on Rosetta/Intel is Dropbox. The fact that Adobe lapped Dropbox so long ago says a lot!
I got my m1 today. Really surprised that Dropbox is not updated the app with M1 native yet.
The M1 Mac mini released on Nov 2020, and it is the 3rd round Apple release M1 products (mini, air, pro).
Interesting to know whether this company layoff most the programmer?
for anyone that follows this thread please go to the "idea" link M1 native request (https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Apple-Silicon-M1-Desktop-Sync-Compatibility/idi-p/527743 ) and vote.
Maybe, just maybe they start thinking about it
Please get it done already, running natively on Apple Silicon is a must moving forwards
+1000
Hope that this spreads the word around...
https://www.macrumors.com/2021/10/28/dropbox-no-plans-to-support-apple-silicon/
I almost always share with other mac users, who all seem to upgrading to Apple silicon. My machine is on order. Good think there are choices in the file sharing space these days.
Way too late! 8 months have gone by without feedback from Dropbox.
I've already subscribed an alternative cloud storage service.
I can't believe it. After months of silence, Dropbox accepted the "feature request" yesterday ..... I hope now, that we get something next year that works.
Frankly: Next year somewhere in the first half? You need again another 3/4 of a year?
www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-ideas/Apple-Silicon-M1-Desktop-Sync-Compatibility/idi-p/527743
From a Community Manager yesterday (28.10.2021)
"Dropbox currently supports Apple M1 through Rosetta. We have an internal build for native Apple M1 support, which we're currently testing and we’re committed to releasing in the first half of 2022. While we regularly ask for customer feedback and input on new products or features, this should not have been one of those instances.
Status changed to: Accepted"The lack of native M1 support, nearly a year after M1 appeared, is frankly unbelievable. Delaying til 2022 is absurd. Sounds like Dropbox is taking their long-time customer base for granted. I'll give them til the new year, but it sounds like they've given up on this segment of the market and vastly underestimated the speed and popularity of this new generation of Apple-silicon devices.
Please get it together, Dropbox.
And despite of have NO Apple M1 integration Dropbox sales are UP! They makes MORE money every quarter, every year (2.2B!) !!! Has the world gone mad? Have they not seen this thread?? (And there is NO exploding head emoji! Oh that does it!!)
