You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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wwmiller3
4 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Dropbox Apple Silicon (M1) install
Hi,
I recently purchased a MacBook Pro 13" with the M1 processor and I cannot seem to get a native install of Dropbox for this chipset. From searching the community, it seems like M1 support sh...
- 3 years ago
Hi all,
Native Apple silicon support is now fully available. All users with Apple silicon devices will receive the native version of Dropbox automatically. If you would like to update your device manually, you can do so by clicking on the latest Stable Build and downloading the Offline Installer (Apple Silicon) file. For more information, visit the Dropbox Help Center.If you need assistance with anything else, please feel free to create a new thread and our community team will be happy to assist.
TheAJKid
Helpful | Level 6
I'm with this crowd. Where is Apple M1 support? I bought my M1 Mac Mini 2 months ago. It's already May 2021. Seriously looking into alternatives at this point. Been a longtime user and paid subscriber.
Pascal0
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Hey, I’ve got my new M1 MBP today and was shocked that Dropbox has no native app, really not expected this.
Dear Dropbox team, please update to a native and less ressource consuming app. Currently Dropbox has the highest energy consumption on my MacBook.
Dear Dropbox team, please update to a native and less ressource consuming app. Currently Dropbox has the highest energy consumption on my MacBook.
- a4k044 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Backblaze has their backup client running natively now so we know it's not some API limitation on the new hardware from Apple. It'd be great just to get an update. Don't even need a timeline, just an acknowledgement that this is something being worked on.
- Mannaffolki4 years agoCollaborator | Level 8Exactly. Just a confirmation instead of a dead silent company. This non-communication is just getting plain rude by now.
- dagget4 years agoExplorer | Level 4
+1
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