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sergiopinto
New member | Level 2
2 years ago

macOS 10.12 compatibility ended.

Hi,  I received an email saying that in June 2023 Dropbox will end its support for macOS 10.12. My question is: - Will syncing folders between my device and dropbox stop working? Thanks in adv...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    2 years ago
    sergiopinto wrote:

    ... in June 2023 Dropbox will end its support for macOS 10.12. ... Will syncing folders between my device and dropbox stop working?

    Yes. When support for macOS 10.12 ends, the Dropbox application will no longer be able to connect to the Dropbox service.

     

Rich's avatar
Rich
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago
sergiopinto wrote:

... in June 2023 Dropbox will end its support for macOS 10.12. ... Will syncing folders between my device and dropbox stop working?

Yes. When support for macOS 10.12 ends, the Dropbox application will no longer be able to connect to the Dropbox service.

 

  • Addie Dordoma's avatar
    Addie Dordoma
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago

    I don't understand one thing.  DropBox on OSX 10.12 was working fine until they decided to switch it off. Would it cost too much to keep running something that has already been built?   

    • arcstudio's avatar
      arcstudio
      Helpful | Level 5
      2 years ago

      What can be done to get Dropbox to restore Sierra (OS 10) compatibility? It worked so well before. This makes no sense.

      I would think Dropbox would want to  keep its customer base and our continued subscription would be a fundamental goal.

  • Charlieb4u2's avatar
    Charlieb4u2
    New member | Level 2
    2 years ago
    So cross. Perfectly good laptop annoyingly tied in with several businesses on Dropbox that I’ll have to replace because of this!!
    • gorgar07's avatar
      gorgar07
      Explorer | Level 4
      2 years ago

      Hightail is a VERY good replacement. I'm not sure WHY we wouldn't be able to "connect to their servers", its an IP protocol and port number. I like how they say to just  upgrade to the latest versions. Some of us still have computers that WON'T support above 10.12. I'm not spending a couple grand to buy a whole new system when this one works flawlessly. Ain't broke, don't fix it. Sorry DropBox, sooo long.

      • arcstudio's avatar
        arcstudio
        Helpful | Level 5
        2 years ago

        Tell me more about Hightail. I need to find an alternative to Dropbox if it will no longer serve its customer base.

        I need to stick with OS 10 to run (very very very expensive) legacy software and I need to sync across Mac and Windows 7.

        I already lost many files when they stopped their support for Sierra in their previous "F' u" when work I thought was syncing was not.

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