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What's the actual issue with Apple FileProviders API
I'm trying to reply to this post https://www.dropboxforum.com/discussions/101001016/dropbox-on-file-provider-support-for-macos-questions/781551/replies/783389 but in a dropbox fashion "Replies have been turned off for this discussion": billgdbx can you explain exactly what is the exact issue with the Apple FileProvider API for a software engineer? What exactly does "download-on-demand" mean compared to the download now button I see in macOS finder? When I briefly read the API docs, it seems like the API should be enough; however, I've read many blog posts mentioning that the problem lies with Apple and not with Dropbox/Google/Microsoft. All these posts are blanket statements without any technical details. I'm looking for the hardcore facts, not opinions. I want to know whether I should consider ditching apple? Or dropbox? If there is an issue at apple's side - I want to know what it actually is so I can make my own decisions rather than being treated like an idiot and a fool. In my experience, dropbox announces all breaking changes to customer as ultimatums without any true explanation. Now that I think about it... it is actually coming from disrespect and even contempt to your customers.
How do I mirror my entire Dropbox to e.g. an external hard drive?
Would would be great: rsync -a my_drop_box/ /mnt/big_disk/ username: bob password: ****** ... I don't expect it to be that easy, but I also don't want to install, configure and babysit the desktop client (if I can help it). I did see dbxcli but it's old and "unofficial", but if that's what I want I thought I should ask here first. What is the easy way to accomplish this? I don't have a computer with a big-enough disk, but I do have USB drives that are big enough. Can I do this simply?
Can't select an app to open just a single file
On MacOS, I want to set the application that opens an individual file, but not all files of that type. Outside my Dropbox folder, that works as usual, but inside it, when I go to "get info", and then change the "open with" app, I get a pop up that says "You don’t have permission to change the application for this document only. Do you want to change all similar documents to open with the application X?" I've done this many times in the past, including with the same file type and app in my Dropbox folder, so I suspect it has to do with the move to the File Provider API. I'm an admin, and I have read and write permissions on the file. It's a .md file that I want to open with VS Code. MacOS v13.0 (22A380), Dropbox v190.4.6383, Dropbox Plus.
