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's the difference between the desktop app offered on the Microsoft Store and Dropbox Lite?
There's a dropbox lite (released 2013), and dropbox beta (released 2020) in the Microsoft store. I ran across a thread that the desktop app was discontinued in 2022, but I just downloaded an executa...
I did notice that beta list. That's one of the reasons for my curiosity, since it's updated daily. I assume both the stable and beta can be updated within the app?
Would you recommend the beta for everyday use?
Rich
Super User II
Super User II
noel envoide wrote:
I assume both the stable and beta can be updated within the app?
There's no way to trigger an update within the app, but the apps will regularly update themselves. Dropbox pushes updates as they deem necessary, or in the case of betas, as new items needs to be tested.
Would you recommend the beta for everyday use?
As an IT person I have to say never use a beta of any software for everyday use. That being said, I've been running nothing but the beta versions on all of my devices ever since they were available. There have been some minor quirks over the years, but nothing that was a show stopper.
When you install a beta version you'll remain on the beta channel until you disable early releases in your account and install a stable version. Basically, a beta will always update to the next beta version.
