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Recent Dropbox - Mac 12.3 Monterey support
The official support page relating to Mac OS Monterey 12.3 Dropbox compatibility is 2 months old now, and Apple just released (April 2022) first beta version of 12.4 and patched 12.3 with 12.3.1, but...
- Hi everyone,We wanted to provide an update on availability of full support for macOS 12.5 and higher to more customers. We’re continuing to expand our rollout through May 2023, and anyone interested in receiving this updated experience earlier can join our beta now.If you haven’t already received the update, you can expect it between now and the end of May 2023. We’re also working directly with a small subset of customers with complex configurations to ensure their migration is as seamless as possible.Here’s how you can join our beta:
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It's been 6 months since Dropbox lost automatic smart sync capabilities on Mac Monterey.
My business relies on this feature to function smoothly. Our teams are losing significant productivity while we wait for this to be resolved.
Can anyone recommend alternatives they find have a reliable auto-sync function, so when a user opens a project file (lets say Adobe After Effects) the file client automatically downloads any source/asset files use in the project?
OneDrive? Google Docs? iCloud? I'm interested in your experiences, as I really can't wait any longer, especially when Dropbox don't even have the professional courtesy to inform their users of a possible timeline.
ayoole wrote:It's been 6 months since Dropbox lost automatic smart sync capabilities on Mac Monterey.
My business relies on this feature to function smoothly. Our teams are losing significant productivity while we wait for this to be resolved.
Can anyone recommend alternatives they find have a reliable auto-sync function, so when a user opens a project file (lets say Adobe After Effects) the file client automatically downloads any source/asset files use in the project?
OneDrive? Google Docs? iCloud? I'm interested in your experiences, as I really can't wait any longer, especially when Dropbox don't even have the professional courtesy to inform their users of a possible timeline.
I use both Dropbox and OneDrive. OneDrive would be my choice to bail to, because:
- I don't like how Google Drive handles documents (Google Docs is great for collaboration, but I don't like that the files are basically trapped in a web site).
- You get OneDrive for free with Microsoft 365, and Word, Excel, etc are still probably the best word processor and spreadsheet out there.
- I've lost files to iCloud Drive. Used to have all my personal files on it, then I flew on a plane with crappy airplane Internet, and iCloud Drive decided to randomly delete files. I still don't know how bad the damage was - I discovered it (after landing) when I opened a Logic Pro X file I'd been actively working on (stored in iCloud Drive) and Logic complained that some of the project's sub-files were missing.
My primary (possibly only) reason for using Dropbox is that I do music in Logic Pro X, and Logic writes files into its "package file" that contain what OneDrive considers "illegal characters". OneDrive is also slightly more prone to announcing "conflicts" than Dropbox.
I'm currently drudging through this Monterey issue by keeping my active projects and archive files clearly separated, then syncing the active projects locally. My wife thinks I'm dumb for sticking with Dropbox - she uses OneDrive exclusively.
From a business perspective I have begun exploring box.com again. it is not a feature for feature exact comparison but at the very least it works on the latest OS and is able to have third party apps trigger a download of "online-only" files. opening up an indesign file with a bunch of links for example works fine versus dropbox's current behavior.
Personally I am considering moving over to iCloud Drive. We use all Macs and iDevices currently, although there's supposed to be Windows and Linux clients if I needed them, and a simple Web client. Does anyone have any feel for how reliable iCloud Drive is these days?
I know Apple is not exactly known for their high quality cloud services historically, which is much of why I've been using Dropbox.
I will STRONGLY Recommend against OneDrive:
You can no longer delete files into the trash but only permanently delete files.
If you are not online or the files have not synced (OneDrive is REALLY slow and stops ALL syncs for any minor problem) then deleted files cannot be restored.
Also if there is a conflict on anything, ALL sync stop, not just for this file. So it can happen that data for hours and hours hasn't synced because a file ends with a "." or some other strange MS file name rule.
And if OneDrive crashes and you don't realize, nothing syncs and if you delete a file it is gone for good and forever. I do not trust oneDrive anymore. The only reason I use it is because Work forces us all to use OneDrive.
Note that GoogleDrive if run in the dynamic default form is a mounted drive and so you will myriads of other problem. You can pretty much only run that in all files local, which is then like Dropbox, except with more stricter file name rules.
12.1 warnings start
12.2 warnings got more in your face
12.3 broke dropbox...dropbox says they're working on a fix.
12.4 still broken...still working on a fix, we think.
12.5 still broken...not convinced they are actively working on a fix, as there has been NO updates. I'm betting they are waiting for OS13 to be released, and then they will release a fix...
