You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Disable automatic updates
How can I prevent dropbox from automatically updating itself? The new dropbox 3 has a very anti-windows-7 UI that I don't like, so I reinstalled 2.10. How do I stop dropbox from continually install...
Why not make a button in Dropbox Preferences so you can tick (auto update or not) ???
Every other application have this feature.
PLEASE
Mac OS X
I learned of DropboxMacUpdater in the last couple days because Little Snitch has started noting it's trying to call home, when I'm not here.
Meaning it's being automatically blocked. Also meaning the server or port it wants has changed, as I've been allowing Dropbox for as many years as I've used Snitch.
Learning that it's checking for updates once an HOUR is the part that bugs me the most. (see: https://www.dropbox.com/help/9094)
There isn't an application ever that needs an update check more than once a day. In fact, I've used Dropbox for so long I remember when it could sometimes take a week or more for an update to push thru. I also recall when Google had desktop apps that checked for updates so frequently the apps themselves were unusable.
For the lovva mike, please change this thing to only check once a day at most. or allow me to set the interval. This isn't your computer to do with as you like, it's mine.
