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DBMcNic's avatar
DBMcNic
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

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...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    2 years ago

    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.

CarloUK's avatar
CarloUK
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago
Im not upgrading. In fact i will probably go across to the free apple cloud. How do i stop the dropbox upgrade message permanently nagging me ??

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