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Dropbox Apple Silicon (M1) install
Hi,
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" with the M1 processor and I cannot seem to get a native install of Dropbox for this chipset. From searching the community, it seems like M1 support sh...
Hi all,
Native Apple silicon support is now fully available. All users with Apple silicon devices will receive the native version of Dropbox automatically. If you would like to update your device manually, you can do so by clicking on the latest Stable Build and downloading the Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) file. For more information, visit the Dropbox Help Center.If you need assistance with anything else, please feel free to create a new thread and our community team will be happy to assist.
M1 was my final decision to say goodybye to Dropbox after many years of being a super fan of the service. Its not even the non native M1 factor, already for years Dropbox was becoming clunkier and heavier update after update, taking up inordinate amounts of system resources... when I made the jump to M1, decided to not even dare install it. I must say I do miss it, iCloud just... isn't as good, but I'd rather have that than a hungry process, ram and power hog.
They might want to see Backblaze' most recent update, with huge efficiencies...
iCloud is very basic.
To the people leaving Dropbox because they upgraded to M1: What did you expect? Apple constantly changes. Answer: Don't upgrade unless you research the implications of upgrading. If you are impetuous about computers doing what you want you will be endlessly frustrated. I also upgraded to M1. Nothing is seamless. There is no perfect solution and if there was one, it would not be perfect in 6 months.
Ice Cream is the only thing essential for the NOW.
So glad we're making the switch this month to Google Drive that syncs files faster and is incredibly lighter to run. Breaking free of Dropbox and their possible future security breach LOL
Amazing that one of the most complex apps on the Apple platform is now native also, and still Dropbox says "coming soon, not sure when, but soon"
https://www.engadget.com/adobe-premiere-pro-m1-macs-stable-release-011534414.html
PS; already started the migration to Google Drive, once my Dropbox sub is expired in Nov, I'm gone.
I hope you don't feel the same way now @JOfE, given over a year later the kernel extensions vs FileProvider issue is still not resolved
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Collaborator | Level 1007-11-2021 03:39 PMiCloud is very basic.
To the people leaving Dropbox because they upgraded to M1: What did you expect? Apple constantly changes. Answer: Don't upgrade unless you research the implications of upgrading. If you are impetuous about computers doing what you want you will be endlessly frustrated. I also upgraded to M1. Nothing is seamless. There is no perfect solution and if there was one, it would not be perfect in 6 months.
Ice Cream is the only thing essential for the NOW.
