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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...
Hang on a bit pampy . Before going on about “something I read somewhere,” please share your source.
Otherwise I must say that your post is not substantiated by any facts I know about this dilemma. I know of no DropBox scene to mine your data, and I have never seen any evidence that Apple is trying to thwart any DropBox scheme. The truth is rather that:
1. Apple has introduced a new API for cloud storage providers such as DropBox.
2. DropBox hasn’t YET been able to engineer a way both to support this new API and to continue letting users place our DropBox folders on external storage devices.
3. However, DropBox reps have told us Mac users on this forum that they will let us continue using the old API and keeping our folders on external devices.
4. DropBox reps have also stated they are actively working on how to support both the new API and external storage.
And thems are the facts to date as I know them. So, unless you have real sources that you can document, please let me gently advise you not to worry about free-floating conspiracy theories. This forum exists for users to help one another solve their DropBox dilemmas, and conspiracy theories help no one. For the benefit of all users, I urge everyone to keep our discussions anchored in documented facts.
I was told by a Dropbox support rep that there was no workaround. He did not give me an option to use the old API. FYI.
gfawcett777 I’m so sorry your experience has been so lousy. I am hoping that a Dropboxer will want to record your experience if they haven;t already. I know that at least a number of their engineers are truly concerned that everyone be able to manage their DropBox as she or he prefers.
Drop your box is beyond ridiculous now. I canceled my account and the only maintain the free version which I don't use.
There is no reason to continue with them really. Even big users needing lots of speed and space are getting hosed with all of this nonsense. It's better to make a jump now than ultimately get wiped out when quickly they force us to use the main hard drive.
Their engineers have showed themselves to be inept and useless. The company leads no one anywhere. Their woke BS has truly tanked the company.
And regardless of what anyone believes about their woke BS, we can certainly see that they hoodwinked their customers by not even communicating with us about this until they were basically caught red-handed. Even then, they have been less than forthcoming and tried to make this go away by listing it as having been solved.
Hear me drop your box… This. Is. Not. Solved. Not till you get off your asses and solve it.
There is one clear answer. If other companies can resolve this, drop your box can. They simply don't want to or they are completely inapt and in capable. I basically feel that it is the last.
(by the way, I would love to have someone challenge me on the woke BS issue so that I can continue that part of the discussion indefinitely. Opportunity? Or warning? You decide. But if you respond I will continue to point out what I think is probably the biggest failure of this company. Like they say, "get woke, go broke").
