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Jon C.10's avatar
Jon C.10
Collaborator | Level 8
2 years ago

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...
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  • BenDBX's avatar
    BenDBX
    4 months ago
    Hi Everybody,
     
    We’re excited to share that external drive support for Dropbox for macOS on File Provider is now available for testing as a beta feature. This is available to some users today and will be available to additional users on a rolling basis. In order to be eligible to test this feature, please follow the instructions in this Help Center article. 
     
    Keep in mind that participation in beta programs is subject to the certain terms and conditions. There are certain additional participation requirements:
    • This beta is only available to US-based users
    • You must be on macOS 15 beta
    • You must have an external drive that is APFS formatted and encrypted
     
    Please let me know if you have any further questions!
psalcal's avatar
psalcal
Collaborator | Level 10

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.  

shinbeth's avatar
shinbeth
Experienced | Level 13
2 years ago

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.

  • psalcal's avatar
    psalcal
    Collaborator | Level 10
    2 years ago

    shinbeth LOL.. y'all crack me up.  You complain about "woke" but y'all are the ones here essentially posting political stuff and forcing your own political beliefs on others in this thread!  😃. Please refrain with bringing yer politics into a thread where it really doesn't belong, eh?  

  • WriterGuy-123's avatar
    WriterGuy-123
    Helpful | Level 5
    2 years ago

    Dude - chill out, please! Not sure what's got you all riled up about Dropbox (or Disney, really), but paranoia is NOT a good look... No one cares what's in your Dropbox folders, except maybe people who want to sell you some crap. These days, if you really value total privacy, you've got to live off the grid. So cloud storage should NOT be your first option, right? 

  • shinbeth's avatar
    shinbeth
    Experienced | Level 13
    2 years ago

    WriterGuy-123 

     

    Good doggie! Submissive guys like you are the dawn of humanity lol 

     

    What a life with your wife that must be...

     

    "you've got to live off the grid"

     

    No critical thinking whatsoever, happy to be enslaved lol smth

     

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