Need to see if your shared folder is taking up space on your dropbox 👨‍💻? Find out how to check here.

Forum Discussion

AndyPas's avatar
AndyPas
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Dropbox on File Provider support for macOS questions

I'm reading quite a few threads on File Provider support for MacOS and I have some questions.   What exactly does this get me? It seems like a step backwards. I'm losing Dropbox Vault support and...
desktop
Mac
Setting up the apps
sync
Mark's avatar
Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago

I suspect it will become mandatory because the change is being forced on us by Apple - it is doing the same with all cloud storage solutions and moving them in to a new folder structure. The change is caused by that not a Dropbox 'choice' as it were. 

 

In terms of if you need to do all devices, no, you dont. You could do 1 or 2 to trial and see how it goes and then roll out to others later. 

AndyPas's avatar
AndyPas
Helpful | Level 5
2 years ago

Well, neither of my 2 Macs say they are eligible and it doesn't tell me why. So, looks like I won't be using it anytime soon.

 

 

Not exactly sure what's going on here.

About Apps and Installations

Have a question about a Dropbox app or installation? Reach out to the Dropbox Community and get solutions, help, and advice from members.

The Dropbox Community team is active from Monday to Friday. We try to respond to you as soon as we can, usually within 2 hours.

If you need more help you can view your support options (expected response time for an email or ticket is 24 hours), or contact us on X, Facebook or Instagram.

For more info on available support options for your Dropbox plan, see this article.

If you found the answer to your question in this Community thread, please 'like' the post to say thanks and to let us know it was useful!