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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...
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.
Hmm, my experience is different. Dropbox runs fine on my 16-in MacBook Pro (M1 Max chip), as well as my older Macs. The only negative is the 3-machine limit (somehow in years past, this didn't apply?).
I did need to get the current Dropbox installer to make sure a silicon-Mac-compatible version got installed on my new MacBook Pro, though.
Give it a try before you give up...
John
It should run on an M1 we have it running on an M1 and an M1 pro. It works through Rosetta and is the worst piece of software I regularly use.
it runs on M1, thats not the issue. It's how it runs that is what the problem is.
Silicon version has been released to some beta users:
https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dropbox-desktop-client-builds/Beta-Build-140-3-1852/m-p/568901#M6623
I am one of the lucky ones.
No problem with it so far, but I never had a problem with running in Rosetta either.
You never noticed it was the biggest resource hog?
How I wish there was a decent alternative to this shower of **bleep**.
