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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...
Hey everyone. I just had a chat with dropbox tech support. They are reporting they have ZERO plans to support external drives going forward on the Mac. None. There is NO path forward for us, according to tech support. That is their official position.
May I suggest we use this thread to discuss alternative options?
EDIT: Bad move Dropbox to move this into a thread, to bury it. UGH. Very bad move.
What I know now:
Google Drive DOES currently have a way of using external drives. It involves running a script in Terminal, but I'm using it for work and it DOES work. I don't love Google Drive though for my own personal use, it's always been less reliable than Dropbox and slower.
iCloud Drive: probably doesn't support external drives, AND it is not set up for similar use. It doesn't appear to always download and keep a directory "fresh" and complete when it's changed by others.
Box.com: Confirmed no support for external drives.
iSync: I have a question in to them.
Are there any other cloud services I should be considering? Thank you...
Anyone have experience with sync.com doing audio and video work?
We have been testing sync.com. I have about 1.5 TB of space on it now.
First the things I love… It is private. Really private. No nonsense like dropbox. Dropbox says they can read, give your content to trusted third parties and on and on. Not Sync.com. It is fully private.
The next thing I absolutely love is unlimited storage. Yes it really is true. Unlimited. We pay about $30 a month. Which is two seats at $15 a month each. Billed monthly, not yearly. And this gives us unlimited for both of us. It is a business plan and is exceptional because I want a lot of space.
Now the thing I don't love so much... It is rather slow. It is not as fast as dropbox. But it is fast enough. It took a couple of days to get the initial 1.5 TB online. But I don't have the fastest Internet either. That said, dropbox is faster. But this works plenty well for me
Buh bye dropbox and your woke nonsense.
Has anyone discredited using sym links with this new/upcoming change yet?
That's what I've doing for years and the system "sees" it as if it was all on the internal drive.
Michael C.121 yes that has been shown to not work.
WriterGuy-123 I do believe that solution will likely work, but that one doesn't seem like a common use case. Glad it could work for you.
TheMainOne thank you (though the "woke" comment.. LOL really dude?). Looks like I may give that a shot. I'm also going to evaluate how rock solid they are as a platform. I have had zero data loss on Dropbox.. that's huge for me.What’s wrong with the "woke” comment? He’s totally right, not only Dropbox is a sleazy bunch of Disney type wokes but they also sneak on you data (never felt safe on this front, why on earth would they screen your data lol same way as the GAFAM with the NSA and all that).
Hopefully Elon Musk will buy them back and clean them out from the inside Twitter style.
That said sync.com speed sucks and doesn’t work with my TBs. Lol 2 days for 1.5TB only that’s a deal breaker for me. Sadly no alternative to Dropbox ease of use and speed as of today.
