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Dropbox support for macOS 12.3
So I'm referring to https://help.dropbox.com/installs-integrations/desktop/macos-12-monterey-support
Does this mean it will be 100% safe to upgrade to macOS 12.3 as long as I keep Smart sync to Loc...
You can never ever say its 100% safe - simply because you'd be using a Beta OS and also a Beta version of Dropbox. However, it should work well, but, be cautious of the fact it is beta at all levels.
I know previously at last minute notice Apple have changed how stuff worked in beta versions meaning stuff which used to work no longer did when updated to the next release so thats also something to be aware of.
Yeah but Google Drive are using janky way of using a SMB local network mount. Hey it works for now but for how long ? I think it was implemented as an interim. [please note i could be wrong]
And AFAIK Google Drive doesn't offer anything like "smart sync". You have to manually select which folders are going to be synced locally and which only in cloud.
Dropbox has had over a year to get with the program, yet still drags its feet. This isn't some tiny mom and pop software outfit with a few thousand users...it's a multinational corporation valued at over $8 billion. Not million, BILLION. How can they possibly have any excuses left at this point?
You say we are whinging, but where I come from, we have a saying: the squeaky wheel gets the grease. It is absolutely unacceptable to pay 10s of thousands of dollars, every year, for software that does not work as advertised! Now is not the time for making excuses. Nor is it time for Dropbox to "put their hand up."
They need to FIX the software and get it current, NOW. We (and many others I'm sure) are sick of the delays and broken implementation. We are looking elsewhere. Some of us have already dropped the service entirely. The longer this goes on, the more incentive there is for the rest of us to move on and leave Dropbox in the rear view. If Sharepoint wasn't such a nightmare we'd be gone already.
When can we expect a dropbox fix for 12.3 and onwards (latest 12.4).
There was promised a solution and so far nothing has happened.... clients are not happy about this, and pushing on with sharepoint/onedrive as a replacement option
yes, we are having the same issue for months w/o any ETA from Dropbox. it would force us to use a competitor as this is not a good workflow.
It should be said again that the FileProvider Framework provided by Apple Inc ($T company)is far form complete and lacks many things that cloud providers required to help make products work the way they should. Plus yanking Python on an incremental was well a bit harsh, yeah yeah we all knew it was coming....so why not just give us a proper roadmap!
As someone that has to manage data and IT at scale all Cloud providers have had issues MSFT screwed it up, Google Botched it and scarpered, Dropbox have held their hand up and said they are working it, Box is well Box for the big boys with big budgets and clout. The list goes on. In all honesty if MSFT got the sync bit right i doubt there would be anything to see here at all. Most of our deployments use OD/SPOL now on 365 or Google Drive on GW.
The ridiculous whinging by people is frankly tedious, the product still has one of best sync in class and better to keep that bit right rather than screw it up. If you are not happy go elsewhere...you will find the grass is not greener. I use all three products side by side and tbh i still have a tough job letting go of my first proper cloud sync tool Dropbox.
