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.
Agreed, while Dropbox does operate under Rosetta without bugs, the power and ram resources required are silly. With dropbox running I cannot get anywhere near the expected battery life with casual use. Quit Dropbox and we get back to some semblance of normalcy.
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That is strange... is Dropbox going to wait until it just does not work anymore on MacOS (like they did last year). I cannot possibly believe the development-team is living in a cave and denying the architecture change from Apple . Do they even know that Rosetta 2, which is used as a temporary compatibility layer is just that: "a temporary compatibility layer" provided by Apple to give developers some time to port over to the new architecture, user should not need to vote to get this in the developers agenda!
This attitude concerns me. I understand the need to prioritize work based on customer demand, and that Apple has cushioned the transition to the M1 chip, but the underlying reality is that Apple's entire MacBook lineup is now running on the M1 chip, meaning that any Mac app not running on that architecture is running on borrowed time. Engineers and power users will bring it up first (e.g. this "suggestion" and similar forum posts) and start making recommendations to their bosses and clients. Apple will make more OS changes to support their new File Provider API. But by the time an Enterprise client brings it up, it will be because the 5000 Macs they are upgrading won't run Dropbox any more, leaving them scrambling to find a solution and Dropbox scrambling to fix something with so much technical debt that they won't be able to fast enough. But, more likely, the aforementioned engineers and power users will take preemptive measures to avoid that embarrassing situation and keep a cautious eye out for a change in Dropbox or for other file storage/sync solutions that support current hardware.
> This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team.
Dropbox has jumped the shark a long time ago. Because of their blatant disregard for Apple Silicon users, I've stopped paying: I'm keeping my terabytes of data as a free read-only storage, and I've already started migrating to a different solution.
Interestingly, many of my personal and business contacts have jumped ship already, so I'm not even hampered in my efforts, as literally nobody is asking me to share via Dropbox anymore.
I'm sure there are excellent engineers stuck in a job where they have to satisfy the requirements of a totally derailed management which is more interested in the appropriate colors for their corporate image, than listening to what users are asking.
This is how ships sink.
@Grant6 Although I do not think the Dropbox engineers are unaware of Apple Silicon, I agree with you on this. Ignoring Apple Silicon and handling this as a 'feature request' is a bit strange at least.
But this also happens with other requests at Dropbox. Like for example Dark Mode which is not a mandatory thing to have, but Dropbox is the ONLY application on my system that does not have a Dark Mode. Dropbox is also the ONLY application I personally that does not have a Universal binary for Apple Silicon.
When working with the Dropbox APIs, your app will access Dropbox on behalf of your users. You'll need to have each user of your app sign into dropbox.com to grant your app permission to access their data on Dropbox.
The selected scopes are applied to your access token and determine which API calls your application is allowed to execute. This level of access is then communicated to the end user on the Dropbox app authorization page where the user consents to sharing their data.
Prior to the introduction of scopes, Dropbox API apps would select only their level of content access (described below). Business API apps would select from one of four permission types to determine the API calls they have access to:
Always ask for the least amount permissions required by your applications. Requesting more scope and content access than required may result in end users not accepting your OAuth request and could impact your app review process.
Before you can get started, you'll need to register your app with Dropbox by creating a new app in the App Console. That page will guide you through the process of registering your app, selecting permissions, and obtaining an app key and secret (a.k.a. client_id and client_secret) and inputting redirect URIs.
If you'd like to quickly test out the Dropbox APIs using your own Dropbox account before implementing OAuth, you can generate an access token from your newly created app in My apps by pressing the button that says "Generate" in the OAuth 2 section of your app settings page.
PKCE is an open extension to OAuth 2.0, and solves this problem using dynamic codes instead of the static client_secret. Your app should construct a random code_verifier at authorization time of the user.
When an app requests team scopes for the Business API, the resulting token is associated with the team (rather than the administrator who authorized it). The user scopes requested as part of the team authorization define the calls that can be used when acting on behalf of a team member with Dropbox-API-Select-User.
Dropbox access tokens are short lived, and will expire after a short period of time. The exact expiry time of a token is returned by the token endpoint (or the redirect URI in implicit grant) - but is generally long enough for a reasonable web session.
Applications that require offline access to the API - meaning using the API when the end user is not actively interacting through your app - will not be able to prompt for re-authorization. These apps may instead use long-lived refresh tokens can be used to obtain new access tokens.
When using refresh tokens, your call to the /oauth2/token endpoint with the grant_type of authorization_code will return a short-lived access token and a refresh token, which should be securely stored.
To update your access token, call the /oauth2/token endpoint - specifying your refresh_token as a parameter and using the grant_type of refresh_token. The endpoint will return a new short-lived access token and a timestamp indicating its expiration time.
For existing apps migrating to short-lived tokens, the token_access_type parameter on your authorization URL enables requesting short-lived tokens per-auth, allowing you to update your code without versioning issues in the Dropbox App Console.
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by the American company Dropbox, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, California, U.S. that offers cloud storage, file synchronization, personal cloud, and client software. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by MIT students Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a startup company, with initial funding from seed accelerator Y Combinator.[13]
Dropbox brings files together in one central place by creating a special folder on the user's computer.[15] The contents of these folders are synchronized to Dropbox's servers and to other computers and devices where the user has installed Dropbox, keeping the same files up-to-date on all devices. Dropbox uses a freemium business model, where users are offered a free account with set storage size, with paid subscriptions available that offer more capacity and additional features. Dropbox Basic users are given two gigabytes of free storage space.[16] Dropbox offers computer apps for Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, and Linux computers, and mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone smartphones and tablets.[17] In March 2013, the company acquired Mailbox, a popular email app, and in April 2014, the company introduced Dropbox Carousel, a photo and video gallery app. Both Mailbox and Carousel were shut down in December 2015, with key features from both apps implemented into the regular Dropbox service.[18] In October 2015, it officially announced Dropbox Paper, its collaborative document editor.[19]
Houston founded Evenflow, Inc. in May 2007[21] as the company behind Dropbox, and shortly thereafter secured seed funding from Y Combinator.[22] Dropbox was officially launched at 2008's TechCrunch Disrupt, an annual technology conference.[23] Owing to trademark disputes between Proxy, Inc. and Evenflow, Dropbox's official domain name was "getdropbox.com" until October 2009, when it acquired its current domain, "dropbox.com".[23] In October 2009, Evenflow, Inc. was renamed Dropbox, Inc.[24]
In an interview with TechCrunch's "Founder Stories" in October 2011, Houston explained that a demo video was released during Dropbox's early days, with one viewer being Arash Ferdowsi. Ferdowsi was "so impressed" that they formed a partnership. In regards to competition, Houston stated that "It is easy for me to explain the idea, it is actually really hard to do it."[25]
Dropbox saw steady user growth after its inception. It surpassed the 1 million registered users milestone in April 2009, followed by 2 million in September, and 3 million in November.[26] It passed 50 million users in October 2011,[27] 100 million in November 2012,[28][29] 500 million in 2016,[30][31] and 700 million in 2021.[32]
In July 2012, Dropbox acquired TapEngage, a startup that "enables advertisers and publishers to collaborate on tablet-optimized advertising".[33] The following December, Dropbox acquired two companies; Audiogalaxy, a startup "allowing users to store their music files and playlists in the cloud then stream them to any device",[34] and Snapjoy, a company that allowed users to "aggregate, archive and view all of their digital photos from their cameras, phones and popular apps like Flickr, Instagram and Picasa, and then view them online or via an iOS app".[35] In July 2013, Dropbox acquired Endorse, a "mobile coupon startup".[36]
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