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Jon C.10
3 years agoCollaborator | Level 8
Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
- 2 years agoHi Everybody,We’re excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article.Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
- This beta is only available to US-based users
- You must be on macOS 15 beta
- You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
ArthurPix
3 years agoCollaborator | Level 10
Ru 1971 I agree with you that we're getting topic drift here.
Also, keeping on the topic of where Dropbox is stored-- isn't it interesting that not one user has commented that "I'm happy keeping my Dropbox on my Internal Drive." I for one am still paying for my MacBook Pro M1 Extreme, purchased in 9/2022. I purposely bought it loaded so I wouldn't have to buy another for at least 4 more years! But for me, "loaded" means "equipped with the fastest processor, 32 GB RAM and 2T Internal SSD."
I expect most users who recently upgraded their Mac have a similar story to tell. How much internal storage, I wonder, does the typical Mac power user buy? I've been ordering 2 terabytes going back to my Windows days.
So I have 2T on both desktop and laptop, both of which were purchased within the past year. On both, I rely on external storage to house all folders from online providers--with the exception of one folder containing data updated whenever I go through email.
Does anyone in this thread have more than 2T? If I'm right that the answer is "nearly nobody," our URGENT concern about support for external drives may be nearly universal among power users — and even more prevalent among casual users, who may have 256-512GB.
shinbeth
3 years agoExperienced | Level 13
Fair enough guys… I will not mention it, for a while at least 🙂
Good luck to us all!
Good luck to us all!
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