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dbedit
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

Bring LAN sync back on Mac

The new Dropbox for Mac no longer supports LAN sync.  This makes Dropbox nearly useless for any users who need to maintain sync of large files or folders between multiple computers, particularly when...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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Hi dbedit, we appreciate the feedback on this matter.

 

As you're aware, LAN sync is currently not supported for users on the newer Mac OS version of the Dropbox desktop application.

 

We take all comments into consideration when looking to improve the Dropbox service.

Riishede's avatar
Riishede
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

600+ K files here. 1,5 TB total. Many files of 10+GB. Recently got a Mac, and those initial sync times are painful. LAN sync is a key feature for my setup.

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