This is what a user would have to do to allow a kext on an M1 Mac: It’s been suggested to me that what STS may be hinting at here is that Apple makes it incredibly difficult for developers to use kexts on Macs with Apple Silicon. The company may be doing something to make this tricker than it would be with conventional apps. In other words, Apple doesn’t want Dropbox – or other app developers – to add Kernel Extensions which effectively add to the code run when macOS boots. It shouldn’t surprise anybody that Apple doesn’t really want companies making kexts anymore There are technical issues & negotiations at play. It’s especially embarrassing given that Google Drive – which might be considered a more direct rival to Apple’s iCloud – has already offered full M1 support for its Mac app.
At this stage, my impression is that the Dropbox development team consists of one part-time intern in a basement.” it took them almost 10 years), I really wouldn’t hold my breath. “Given that it took them right up until Apple discontinued 32-bit support completely to bother recompiling Dropbox as a 64-bit binary (i.e. If Dropbox wants to support Macs it HAS to include that, otherwise it shouldn’t be available for the platform anymore and customers have to go somewhere else – it’s a simple business decision and not a nice-to-have!” “This really shouldn’t be something that we vote on. This idea is going to need a bit more support before we share your suggestion with our team.Ĭustomers are understandably expressing their incredulity that they have to vote on this to make it happen. Incredibly, a Dropbox representative said they weren’t even going to share the suggestion internally without more support! Quit Dropbox and we get back to some semblance of normalcy.Ĭome on now, I pay for this service, it’s not freeware done by one dude at home, this should have been ready for M1 long ago. With dropbox running I cannot get anywhere near the expected battery life with casual use. Other Mac owners agreed that the Rosetta option is a very poor solution.Īgreed, while Dropbox does operate under Rosetta without bugs, the power and ram resources required are silly. Rosetta is not an option as it annihilates the battery. Please can you upgrade the Dropbox app so that it works natively on Apple Silicon Macs (M1) without Rosetta. The Mac app only runs on M1, M1 Pro, and M1 Max machines under Rosetta, which reportedly kills the battery and uses a gig of memory …Īn M1 Mac owner made a request on the Dropbox forum in June. (This statement was made by a company forum rep who was unaware of the position.) Worse, the company claims there isn’t yet enough support for the idea to make it a priority. Latest update: Dropbox says Apple Silicon support in the works – see bottom of piece.ĭropbox M1 support still hasn’t arrived, even after Apple launched its new MacBook Pro models that run on more powerful versions of the chip.
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