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Disaster: Dropbox removing external disk support for Mac users :(
In case anyone's unaware... if you're a Mac user storing your Dropbox on an external drive, you'll shortly lose that ability. https://talk.tidbits.com/t/dropbox-drops-support-for-storing-files-on...
You're crying in the wilderness bro. None of what you terribly wrote added value for Pro use.
"Also for many of us the idea of putting all our media on our boot drives is a TERRIBLE idea if there is a drive failure. In your world, you would absolutely have MULTIPLE machines with 8tb internal drives with the same drive image AND back them up together daily in case of a failure. With the above mentioned RAID systems, they are designed so multiple drives can fail and you don't lose data. Your mythical 8tb system is a very bad idea in that world."
Absolutely not since like I said Time Machine makes a perfect clean copy of my entire system on two different external SSDs I keep in different locations + Dropbox at all times that's a winner here I can never encounter a failure. You say that 4 different systems (Mac + Time Machine on two different external SSDs in two different locations + Dropbox) could fault at the same time? Lol bull**bleep**. Also RAID systems can absolutely fault or burn or else and you'll be screwed. My solution is safer than yours, cheaper and I don't wanna go into RAID systems. Your mythical system is indeed a very bad idea in this world.
Just wait for the next-gen 100/200TB SSDs to come to market (https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/worlds-first-200tb-ssd-is-nearly-here-but-you-cant-use-it/) and all the problems will be solved, no need for your crap system. Having all your data on your Mac boot drive is a non-issue with Time Machine. I'll spend the 20k for 100TB drive if need be, plus another 20k on two external 100TB SSDs if my storage needs increase. Unless you work as an Enterprise with a dedicated system yes your RAID system can be interesting but I'd rather go with Dropbox Enterprise then (and yet those RAID systems would be need to be duplicated in many locations so that in case of burglary, fire etc. you're not **bleep**ed). Anyway 99% of us don't need such a hassle and we're better off with fast local SSD + Time Machine + Dropbox.
I'm not going to go back and forth shinbeth . I made a case based on real world experiences. You do you, I'm OK with that.
I can tell you have not worked in a fast paced pro audio or video environment. There is no world where waiting for a Time Machine machine restore during a critical edit is acceptable. Ever. And that assumes you have no hardware failure and can simply wait for that Time Machine backup to restore from that spin drive backup. That is just not a thing in a pro environment.
Those RAID drives are backed up. There is a complete backup strategy in place involving LTN, cloud storage, and offsite storage. Again.. if you worked in that world you'd understand.
That you don't get it just shows you haven't experienced that. That's OK, by the way, if it works for you I think it's wonderful, but that you cannot see why it's not a universal fix just shows you don't have experience in those other worlds. No offense meant. Be well, friend.
Ok point taken. Well then I hope it will work out for you, really. I can understand why a RAID system would make sense in your work environment indeed. Alright let's hope for the best then.
But my experience with Dropbox dev and comm teams is that they're retarded. But let's hope still!
