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justmeinNJ
3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Request regarding MacOS X 10.10 (Yosemite) & 10.11 (El Capitan)
I just received a notice that dropbox will cease support for OS 10.10 and 10.11.
The notice, giving it the most leeway i can, indicated that i should consider upgrading my OS or use a web brows...
- 3 years ago
Hi justmeinNJ & Chern - thanks for dropping by our Community to share your feedback on this.
As you probably know, as of October 17th 2022, the Dropbox desktop app will no longer work on any Mac device running OS X 10.11 or older.
If you do not wish to or cannot update your operating system, all your files will still be available through other compatible computers with supported operating systems, through supported mobile devices, and on the Dropbox website. However, on October 17th, 2022, devices running Mac OS X 10.11 or older will no longer be able to log in and access content through the Dropbox desktop app.
Kindly note that we regularly release new versions of the Dropbox desktop app with additional features, better performance, and security enhancements and these are not always compatible with older systems.
Apple stopped providing security updates to OS X 10.10 and OS X 10.11 in 2017 and 2018 respectively.
We are ending our support of the Dropbox desktop app for these operating systems to keep our product offerings in-line.
Let me know if you have anything else to add or ask.
tonybosley
New member | Level 2
You're absolutely right. This is pure idiocy on the part of Dropbox. There are so many of us (like me) who have entire systems set up whereby it's just not possible to simply "upgrade". My main computer is a 2008 Mac Pro which doesn't go any further than 10.11. I have so much software tangled up here, and I'm in the midst of major production that is going to take me months and years to complete. I can't miss a step here, and now you're suddenly "announcing", like a bunch of fascists, that you're discontinuing support for OSX 10.10 and 10.11 ??????? Are you crazy? Why????? Just leave us alone and let us do our work FFS.
If you actually go through with this, I am DEFINITELY switching to pCloud. I'll be more than happy to pay whatever they want to charge. It'll be a hell of a lot easier, and cheaper, than trying to replace my entire work station and upgrade all this software.
I really don't wish you people well. This is a really cold, heartless and callous decision on your part. You think everybody out here has the "latest, greatest" hardware???? We're all just slick hipsters like you with fancy lofts in Manhattan? Is that it? You have a very warped view of what's happening in the real world.
We are people just struggling to get by and complete our projects, using the gear we HAVE. We don't have the means to be "up on all the latest gadgets" (and studio spaces) like you do.
Go back to the drawing board and figure out a way to make this work for all of us poor little peasants out here who are not as fortunate as you.
rpowerstx
3 years agoNew member | Level 2
My Gawd. This entitlement behavior is sickening. You pay for a service. The provider ( a business for profit) elects to not provide service any longer. Move on.
Legacy systems are hard to support.
Capitalism works....If there is a need, someone is doing it. Find them.
You typed a novel here....time would have been better served finding a solution. It's out there.
I picked up a used certified MAC for under $300 by the way. Comes with a 1 yr warranty as well. Upgraded to Catalina. Works good, lasts a long time.
- justmeinNJ3 years agoHelpful | Level 6
Move on? Move on?
One wonders why, if you are so satisfied, you are even here.... Another life-less techie troll here to, well, troll?
Or do you have a stake in this.
I find your arrogance shocking. Capitalism is based on markets, which are based on contention. But maybe you never studied economics, its hard to sit through when you already know everything.
Over and out.
- rpowerstx3 years agoNew member | Level 2
Contention? Really!? Weird and uniformed.
Lot of maybes here. You'll never know.
We are talking about dropbox support of older MAC systems right? I think your intolerance is shining. Was is the word "Capitalism", that got you?
You are cancelled. Bye.
- Colin W.13 years agoHelpful | Level 7
Shame to hear the angry tones...
I have newer Macs running newer OSs but want this machine to run this older OS rather than upgrade it (which I could). But this OS allows me to continue to use my Adobe apps I purchased years ago rather than pay $100/month to rent them in future. Plus I have a very sophisticated logging system combined with my own dtrace system observation tools, I'd loose that with unified logging.
So I have to choose dropping Dropbox, it is the less useful option - to me.
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