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Dropbox update for mac download
Dropbox update for mac download











But whatever the internal reasons from Apple, it leaves dropbox users with some changes. At worst it would be Apple trying to force people onto iCloud. At best this would be a consequence of some internal OS changes or an attempt at better security. Apple have a history of not working well with 3rd Party developers.

dropbox update for mac download

Reading between the lines it appears that these changes have been forced upon Dropbox by Apple. Not sure if that’s true? There’s not a lot of information from Dropbox about why the changes have been made apart from ‘Apple made us do it’. I’ve read here that all the syncing is now handled by iCloud not dropbox. Here’s what you may notice, Dropbox now appears in ‘Locations’ as a hard drive, not in ‘Favourites’

  • Dropbox folder can no longer be moved, it lives in ~/Library/CloudStorage (You most likely won’t even notice any difference.).
  • Storing your Dropbox folder on an external drive is no longer supported by macOS.
  • But there are significant changes in the way dropbox operates, so as a precaution, I’ve backed up all my dropbox folders and am watching over the next few months.

    dropbox update for mac download

    Unless you have gone in and changed the location of your dropbox folder, most standard users will not notice much of a difference. The summary is that Apple have made some changes in their macOS that gives less flexibility to how Dropbox can operate, and Dropbox have made changes accordingly. Some changes in the latest release of dropbox have created a lot of noise in the forums.













    Dropbox update for mac download