Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-...
Weâre excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article.
Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
This beta is only available to US-based users
You must be on macOS 15 beta
You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
Please let me know if you have any further questions!
ppadmin Oh Drew. You just donât get it, do you? The last thing I wonât from Dropbox is AI features. The first thing I want is SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL DRIVES.
ppadmin they just can't help themselves. They cannot fix one thing properly and they yet go on about something else they must do now. How about fixing this rather large problem first? No wonder they're in trouble.
"Dropbox CEO Drew Houston wrote in the blog post that the company has been reckoning with slowing growth, in part due to a maturation of its business, but also as a result of economic headwinds that are pressuring its customers." No mate, not that at all. Everyone is just now better than you. They've turned themselves into a Microsoft type of company, bloatware. So sad.
Doesn't matter to me anymore. I've moved about 2TB over to Sync already and am starting the copying of all our video files next week. Doing it a really long way round but should save me personally a load of time.
marcosdutra YES, Sync works on external drives. I have its running on external drives with 2 different Macs.
ALSO, Google says it IS possible to run iCloud on an external drive. I am quoting their instructions and take no responsibility for failures here. That said, Google reports:
"Can you put iCloud on external drive?
"Step 1: Open Finder and click âiCloud Driveâ in the left sidebar. Step 2: Select the content that you are willing to sync and right-click on it. Then choose âCopy 'Documents'â in the menu. Step 3: Paste the copied content to your external hard drive and wait for it done.May 10, 2023"
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In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability.
Just confirmed this with DB support (see below). Gutted - been with Dropbox for years and our entire video team flow is based around it đ
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>Hi there, I read today that you are scrapping the ability to store the Dropbox folder on external disks, on OSX. I'd like to ask more about this please.
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> Hello Jon, and thank you for contacting Dropbox Support. My name is Joseph, and I will be more than happy to look into your request, right away.
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That is correct Jon, as part of the Dropbox for macOS update, the Dropbox folder must be located in ~/Library/CloudStorage.
>This is a showstopper for us, and will mean we have to move to another service. We have a large distributed team using DB for video work, no way it'll fit within internal drives. Is there a workaround?
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> I totally understand and I apologize for the inconvenience. Unfortunately, there is no workaround on this as changing the location of your Dropbox folder is no longer supported by macOS.
>This change doesn't seem to have hit us yet - we're running a variety of machines inc Ventura What will trigger its enforcement? Can we stay on an earlier OS or Dropbox version?
>The updates happening automatically every time the Dropbox app is restarting, for example if your device never restarts it should maintain the older version but we can't guarantee full functionality on older versions of the application.
>So what will happen - if we have a Dropbox folder on an 8TB drive and a tiny internal drive - will it try to clone stuff across and eat up the space? What's the mechanism?
>That's right, it will try to move the content on your internal drive until it has no space and gives you an error.
>Is Smartsync still supported? I.e. will it move stuff to being online only if it won't fit?
>It is, however it is now known as online-only.
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Just got an email from dropbox..
All your stuff when and where you want it.. well unless you want it on an external drive.
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Just got an email from dropbox..
All your stuff when and where you want it.. well unless you want it on an external drive.
Weâre excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article.
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Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
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This beta is only available to US-based users
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You must be on macOS 15 beta
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You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
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Please let me know if you have any further questions!
Weâre excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article.
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Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
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This beta is only available to US-based users
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You must be on macOS 15 beta
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You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
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Please let me know if you have any further questions!
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ppadmin Oh Drew. You just donât get it, do you? The last thing I wonât from Dropbox is AI features. The first thing I want is SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL DRIVES.
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Oh Drew. You just donât get it, do you? The last thing I wonât from Dropbox is AI features. The first thing I want is SUPPORT FOR EXTERNAL DRIVES.
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ppadmin they just can't help themselves. They cannot fix one thing properly and they yet go on about something else they must do now. How about fixing this rather large problem first? No wonder they're in trouble.
\"Dropbox CEO Drew Houston wrote in the blog post that the company has been reckoning with slowing growth, in part due to a maturation of its business, but also as a result of economic headwinds that are pressuring its customers.\" No mate, not that at all. Everyone is just now better than you. They've turned themselves into a Microsoft type of company, bloatware. So sad.
Doesn't matter to me anymore. I've moved about 2TB over to Sync already and am starting the copying of all our video files next week. Doing it a really long way round but should save me personally a load of time.
they just can't help themselves. They cannot fix one thing properly and they yet go on about something else they must do now. How about fixing this rather large problem first? No wonder they're in trouble.
\"Dropbox CEO Drew Houston wrote in the blog post that the company has been reckoning with slowing growth, in part due to a maturation of its business, but also as a result of economic headwinds that are pressuring its customers.\" No mate, not that at all. Everyone is just now better than you. They've turned themselves into a Microsoft type of company, bloatware. So sad.
Doesn't matter to me anymore. I've moved about 2TB over to Sync already and am starting the copying of all our video files next week. Doing it a really long way round but should save me personally a load of time.
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Does Sync work with an external drive? Are you using Ventura? Tks
Does Sync work with an external drive? Are you using Ventura? Tks
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marcosdutra YES, Sync works on external drives. I have its running on external drives with 2 different Macs.
ALSO, Google says it IS possible to run iCloud on an external drive. I am quoting their instructions and take no responsibility for failures here. That said, Google reports:
\"Can you put iCloud on external drive?
\"Step 1: Open Finder and click âiCloud Driveâ in the left sidebar. Step 2: Select the content that you are willing to sync and right-click on it. Then choose âCopy 'Documents'â in the menu. Step 3: Paste the copied content to your external hard drive and wait for it done.May 10, 2023\"
YES, Sync works on external drives. I have its running on external drives with 2 different Macs.
ALSO, Google says it IS possible to run iCloud on an external drive. I am quoting their instructions and take no responsibility for failures here. That said, Google reports:
\"Can you put iCloud on external drive?
\"Step 1: Open Finder and click âiCloud Driveâ in the left sidebar. Step 2: Select the content that you are willing to sync and right-click on it. Then choose âCopy 'Documents'â in the menu. Step 3: Paste the copied content to your external hard drive and wait for it done.May 10, 2023\"
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