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DBMcNic
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago
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What happens if I don't update to the new Dropbox for MacOS?

I have Dropbox on my M1 MacMini, M1 Macbook Air, old 2015 MacBook Air (all three on Monterey 12.6.3) as well as my iPad Pro and iPhone 13. On the computers, my DropBox folder is in users/{myname}/Dro...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    3 years ago

    By default, new files added to the account from the site or another device would sync as online-only on your machine, but you can still mark them as available offline.

     

    Files will still sync as normal, and yes, you'd need to change your aliases if any apps of programs need to locate the Dropbox folder.

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DBMcNic
Helpful | Level 6
3 years ago

The crux of the issue for me....

"After the update, all new files added by other computers, will sync as online-only by default."

 

This is why I can't & won't do the update and have now turned off auto app updates on my desktop and two laptops. I can't lose the feature of auto-syncing between devices. That was the feature that got me to upgrade so I could have access to multiple folders/files automatically on my six devices (iPhone, iPad Pro, iPad Mini) as well as easily share files with my husband. We travel frequently, I write books, and the auto-syncing is a must for us. There is no way I would always remember to mark new files for offline use on each of my devices. Makes no sense... I don't know if there are other applications that can replace this function, so for now I won't upgrade Dropbox or my Mac OS (currently happy on Monterey).

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millifoo
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

DBMcNic 

 
"This is why I can't & won't do the update and have now turned off auto app updates on my desktop and two laptops."
 
Turning off app auto update won't fix this:  Dropbox isn't installed thorugh the Mac app store; it chooses if & when and how to update itself.  In this particular case, they've said that upon reboot that the new behavior will take effect.
  • DBMcNic's avatar
    DBMcNic
    Helpful | Level 6
    3 years ago

    "Turning off app auto update won't fix this:  Dropbox isn't installed through the Mac app store; it chooses if & when and how to update itself."

     

    Well, you can see how non-technical I am...and I just paid $132 for the next year. Back to looking for other solutions, not a happy camper at all.

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