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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.
After more than a year of the Apple Silicon announcement and many months after Apple Silicon Macs have been released, Dropbox still doesn't provide a native version. It is now obvious to me that they have abandoned the Apple ecosystem. So I decided to abandon Dropbox. Today I found that Google Drive already has a Apple Silicon native version, and it supports all the functions I use with Dropbox, and I made the switch.
Goodbye Dropbox. You had your chances, but failed to deliver.
Just an FYI: I cancelled my "DropBox Pro" or whatever the h*ll they call it.
They had me since the day they first started pay services. (they had me before that, but that's neither here-nor-there).
I added up the amount I paid and found that Synology - sitting on my desk - was a better solution. They have ALL the same sharing capabilities and - OUTSIDE of "offsite" which I'm not worried about - is EASILY the same price.
Just my $.02
Jann
I agree there should be an announcement. But counter to everyone leaving dropbox for not providing an M1 native version, Dropbox runs just fine on an M1 Mac. I don't notice a single difference in the response or function of Droxbox from an Intel to an M1 Mac. And trust me, my Dropbox capacity is 50x the average user.
- Surely you are aware than using Rosetta consumes a lot more CPU and memory and than translates to a slower Mac and less battery hours.
I don’t know you but for me that is a deal breaker which is the reason why I moved away from Dropbox.
