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
What happens if I don't update to the new Dropbox for MacOS?
I have Dropbox on my M1 MacMini, M1 Macbook Air, old 2015 MacBook Air (all three on Monterey 12.6.3) as well as my iPad Pro and iPhone 13. On the computers, my DropBox folder is in users/{myname}/Dro...
By default, new files added to the account from the site or another device would sync as online-only on your machine, but you can still mark them as available offline.
Files will still sync as normal, and yes, you'd need to change your aliases if any apps of programs need to locate the Dropbox folder.
This update makes a lot of changes. It feels like a violation of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" philosophy. I worry about the potential for errors and bugs. A nice safe, protected environment for a large amount of critical data is why I keep using dropbox. Obviously Dropbox believes it is important to install it considering their implementation costs.
Note: While we recommend opting-in to the latest version of Dropbox for macOS, this migration isn’t required for you to continue using Dropbox.
Why should I install it? Long term, what happens if I don't?
Can anyone offer a soft, blue security blanket with which I can wrap up myself to convince my inner being that doing the install justifies the risk?
Thank you.
Mike
