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Dropbox Location Change on MacOS 12.6
Just installed DropBox update v157.4.4808 on a MacbookPro 13,3 running MacOS 12.6. DropBox location was moved by installer to ~/library/CloudStorage and alias moved from "Favorites" to "Locations" i...
Thanks for clarifying that for me OldMacGuy - much appreciated.
Full support for macOS 12.5 and higher has started rolling out. Broader availability will begin in November as we work to preserve the reliability and quality of our sync experience. You will be notified when you’re eligible enroll your other device as well.
So, in essence, this is an update to ensure that the Dropbox desktop app continues working seamlessly on your devices and what you noticed is actually part of this process.
We currently have a private beta, which will be more widely available in October. If you’re interested in joining, you can turn on early releases.
I hope this helps!
I agree on everything in mf88's post.
I mean, who's going to subscribe or need these bigger plans with a lot of storage, not being able to store its content on an external drive? (Especially Mac-users with its limited internal HD-space, as being mentioned I earlier posts). If it just going to be an online "cloudstorage service" there are much cheaper/better options. This is by FAR the most terrible business-decision I've seen. Ever. (
Dropbox will simply stop serving my needs if this change is forced without a workaround. And I, too, have been a customer since the early days.
It seems like they’d have a financial incentive to solve the issue, too. First, to keep us as paying customers. Second, even if it was viable for me (it isn’t) to keep only a small fraction of my data locally and the rest stored online, it would cost them more in bandwidth to constantly be serving my large files to me. Better for them to have me storing most of it locally, right?
I guess I’m most shocked by “Walter” needing to ask a customer in this forum why such a need even exists.
It seems like they’d have a financial incentive to solve the issue, too. First, to keep us as paying customers. Second, even if it was viable for me (it isn’t) to keep only a small fraction of my data locally and the rest stored online, it would cost them more in bandwidth to constantly be serving my large files to me. Better for them to have me storing most of it locally, right?
I guess I’m most shocked by “Walter” needing to ask a customer in this forum why such a need even exists.
I've been using dropbox for the last ten years.
I don't care about the desktop app, I would gladly get completely rid of it, I only use dropbox in the finder.
I don't use Smart sync neither, nor do I use any of the new features bloat, I just want to keep using my dropbox like in the early days, as a simple and reliable backup and file sharing solution.
I don't want to change my Dropbox folder, it is a massive regression and I'm dumbstruck to discover just now the app tries to force that on me, and I'm very disappointed to spend my evening on this forum looking for answers.
Is it safe to not update the desktop app while keeping the basic functionality of the service ?
Thanks.
