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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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In researching this further, a lot came up.
First, my setup: macOS Monterey
Version 12.1
MacBook Pro (14-inch, 2021)
Chip Apple M1 Max
Memory 32 GBDespite being in my Login Items, Dropbox was not consistently starting at boot. Re-booted into Safe Mode and manually started Dropbox. *Now* I got a login window. So likely was not fully logged in before for whatever reason. Logged in. Went through System Preferences and made sure Dropbox had all the access it needed (at least one access was turned off in Security and Privacy). Restarted in normal mode.
Dropbox icon in menu bar now badged with numbers. Status shows several thousand updates pending (!). Let it sync.
Logged into Dropbox via web. Online view now shows updated files and folder organization.
So it looks like DB was in some odd state which was causing problems at startup. Everything now seems to work as I need it.
Thanks for pinging me on this.
Look into StrongSync from ExpanDrive. It seems to work fine on my new Apple silicon MacBook Pro Max. Just installed it a few days ago. Access to DropBox is a little different through StrongSync, but it gets me there.
Thanks for the tip, Jericho. I think using Migration Assistant to move over from Big Sur/Intel to Monterey/Apple Silicon did not do justice to DB. If I had it to do over again, I think I would have deleted DB completely and reinstalled it.
Kudos to StrongSync for being the first to implement Apple's File Provider extension. And for their new support for DB. Having said that, I'm not fully sure what its functions are. I'll have to look into it; I have started to look into Expandrive also
- I am under the impression that ExpanDrive does not work with Apple silicon.
is there a way to download the M! version rather than the default version and changing the setting for early release?
It looks like the early release of Apple Silicon DB is available now.
https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/apple-silicon-support
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Hi all - I just dropped by to let you know that, starting today, native Apple silicon support will begin automatically rolling out, with availability to all users in the coming weeks.
While this rollout is in progress, users can receive immediate access to native support by opting in to our early releases. For more information, you can visit this Help Center article.
- Emmet
Community Manager
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.
I hope you don't feel the same way now @JOfE, given over a year later the kernel extensions vs FileProvider issue is still not resolved
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Collaborator | Level 1007-11-2021 03:39 PMiCloud is very basic.
To the people leaving Dropbox because they upgraded to M1: What did you expect? Apple constantly changes. Answer: Don't upgrade unless you research the implications of upgrading. If you are impetuous about computers doing what you want you will be endlessly frustrated. I also upgraded to M1. Nothing is seamless. There is no perfect solution and if there was one, it would not be perfect in 6 months.
Ice Cream is the only thing essential for the NOW.
I just purchased a new iMac M1 and tried to install Dropbox 140.3.1903 but can't get it to run. When I login I get a message that says i'm using an old version of DB and need to get the latest version, which I actually did already. Under the Dropbox icon it says that it's waiting to be linked to a dropbox account...
When I go to Sync Preferences>Account I again try to sign in and just get a spinning wheel. Nothing works!!! What can I do, Am I doing something wrong?
