Request regarding MacOS X 10.10 (Yosemite) & 10.11 (El Capitan)

[justmeinNJ]

I just received a notice that dropbox will cease support for OS 10.10 and 10.11.

The notice, giving it the most leeway i can, indicated that i should consider upgrading my OS or use a web browser.  This is not always possible.

For many of us, we are at the end of the line re: OS upgrades. I have an old macbook pro that i use for a few light tasks - but the data must be available on others machines. I use dropbox for this.  I also cannot use the web browser unless i wish to upload files with each change.  Impractical.

I will likely wind up switching to a different cloud service, which i would prefer not to do - yet maybe i must.

I don't know why you are ending support. The clients exist already and are unlikely to require many changes, if any.  Please reconsider.

--justmeinNJ

[jennyinabottle]

So sad to read a standard reply to loyal users.
I started using Dropbox in 2011, it was great. Sorry to say, I have to leave it now. You cannot force us to buy a new Mac to use your services. Bye bye.

[Antonio28]

Same problem here. I can not upgrade my Macos, otherwise, other apps won´t work.

The dropbox answer to all of us is simply a joke. 

So, after 10 satisfactory years running four different accounts for my different businesses, I'll look another storage service, and stop recommending dropbox.

Bye

[jsahab]

Miserable decision and miserable answer from the support too.

I'm thinking of migrating too.

This behavior is not up to the mark of the quality of the software.

[Marty9]

Bad service.  Dropping dropbox.  My husband and I will have to share our files through email.

[Backcountry1]

Hello, I found a work-around of sorts, that may be of interest to some.  Firstly,  while still using El Cap OS, I found that I could use Dropbox web browser version on Google Chrome, not other browsers. That gave me a manual way to keep updating some Dropbox files with a colleague. I had to revert to using an external hard drive for my routine back-ups though.  Secondly, a thoughtful IT guy suggested I update my OS just to 10.13.0, High Sierra then 10.13.6, and not lose use of any of my apps. He was right.  All my apps still work, with a few minor exceptions. Dropbox and Zoom work again too. Thus I can keep my macbook air limping along for a few more months until EOL for High Sierra.  I admit that my macbook air seems to get hotter running this OS, but that's an issue I can monitor and control - I trust.  Hope this may be useful to some of you.