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.
Forum Discussion
Darryl M.4
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Vault on Desktop is going away (macOS)
Boohoo! Just received this message when starting the macOS upgrade wizard.
I'd just started using this about 6 months ago. Sigh.
- 2 years ago
Hey Darryl M.4, thanks for reaching out to us today.
We really appreciate your feedback about this and I will make sure that your comments are passed along to our team.
Indeed, on the latest Dropbox for macOS update, you will no longer be able to access Vault through the Dropbox desktop app.
However, you can still access your Vault on our website and the Dropbox mobile app.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Thank you for your feedback and we apologize for any inconvenience caused by the deprecation of Vault on desktop.
We understand that this change may have caught some users off guard and we want to assure you that we're exploring options for addressing your concerns.
While the desktop support for Vault has been deprecated, the web interface is still available for users to access their vault data.
We appreciate your patience as we work to identify the best path forward for our users.
bst7
2 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Yes, but by Vault has completely disappeared on ALL platforms, along with all of the files that I had stored there!
- Megan2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi bst7, let's jump right into this!
It seems rather odd that you can't locate your Backup when you check your account online either. Have you made sure you're logged into the correct Dropbox account?
Have you checked your event page at all? The Events page at www.dropbox.com/events gives you an overview of all activity in your account including files events (adds/edits/deletes).
Let me know more!
- bst72 years agoHelpful | Level 5
Yes, I only have one account. I'm not sure what happened as the Vault I had is no longer visible on the web or mobile platforms. But I'm not going to worry about it as I found a backup of it, so I'm just using that.
It is really not good form to remove features in this half-done way. It should either be there completely or taken away completely. What use would it be for me anyway if it is there on some places, but not on others. Not a good decision in my view to do what you've done, its confusing and puts a burden on users they shouldn't have with a "cross platform" product.
- Megan2 years agoDropbox Staff
Hi bst7, I'm going to quote this Help Center article: "Users on the latest Dropbox for macOS update will no longer be able to access Vault through the Dropbox desktop app. You’ll still be able to access Vault on dropbox.com and the Dropbox mobile app."
Now, it's important to note, that Vault requires quite a few steps, in order to be deleted, such as accessing the account's settings, and then deleting it from there. When was the last time you saw your Vault online or on your mobile app?
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