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cloudres
Experienced | Level 12
3 months ago
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The new macOS Tahoe is arriving. Is Dropbox ready this time?

Will Dropbox be ready in advance for the macOS Tahoe update? Or do we need to wait and see what breaks this round?

We all remember the fun with the last two macOS releases - and “fun” is putting it mildly. Have there already been issues? Can someone please speak up - before it’s too late?

For now, I’m holding off the update.

Thanks.

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  • cloudres's avatar
    cloudres
    3 months ago

    I’ve just updated to Mac OS Tahoe and had no issues at all. That’s great, I’m really glad DropBox was ready this time.

    😊👋🏼

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  • Nancy's avatar
    Nancy
    Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
    3 months ago

    Hi from me as well, tonysneed! Since you previously mentioned running the beta app version (233.3.4870), can you switch to the stable one instead and let me know if the error persists? 

    To do so, you’ll first need to turn off early releases via your General tab here, and then download the latest stable app version via this link.

  • IQ70's avatar
    IQ70
    Explorer | Level 4
    3 months ago

    For me, the Dropbox app displays a 12-hour Power 25% Energy Impact in the Activity Monitor, with approximately 25% bursts occurring every 60 seconds regardless of whether sync is enabled or not

    MacOS 26.0

    Dropbox 234.3.5480

     

  • cloudres's avatar
    cloudres
    Experienced | Level 12
    3 months ago

    I’ve just updated to Mac OS Tahoe and had no issues at all. That’s great, I’m really glad DropBox was ready this time.

    😊👋🏼

  • tonysneed's avatar
    tonysneed
    New member | Level 2
    3 months ago

    All I needed to do was restart my computer for the Dropbox app to reconnect. This was necessary both for the beta version as well as the stable version.

  • Alter Ego's avatar
    Alter Ego
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 months ago

    A bug has been identified in the Electron framework used by the Dropbox desktop app that causes increased GPU usage and memory leaks on Macs running macOS 26 Tahoe.
    This issue originates from the Electron team and cannot be fixed by Apple. Fortunately, the Electron team has already released a version that resolves the problem.

     

    However, unless Dropbox updates its app to a newer version of the Electron framework, Macs running macOS 26 Tahoe will continue to experience GPU and memory leak issues when using Dropbox. Since Dropbox has not yet adopted the fixed version of Electron, it is currently not recommended to use Dropbox on macOS 26 Tahoe.

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