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dragononamac
Collaborator | Level 8
3 years ago

How to disable "Update" notification on MacOS

Dropbox's new launch on MacOS essentially cripples Dropbox (spotlight is broken, finder cannot search, external drive cloud storage is disabled, etc.) So reverting to the older version fixes all th...
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Nancy
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3 years ago

Hi dragononamac, and thanks for posting your question here. 

 

I’m afraid that it’s not possible to remove this notification completely.

 

In general, installing the new Dropbox update for MacOS is mandatory, as it was developed to adhere to the requirements that were set out by Apple. 

 

I’ve sent your feedback though to our team, so that they can also see your comments.

 

I’ll be around the forum, if you need something else.

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dragononamac
Collaborator | Level 8
3 years ago
I understand but it doesn’t work for me so if Dropbox are going to force me to update I’ll have to transition to a competitor such as pCloud, which doesn’t force this upon me

I believe Dropbox should offer users the option between new and retain old functionality

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