{"id":359371,"date":"2021-10-28T21:39:23","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/heres-why-dropbox-doesnt-support-apples-m1-chip-its-a-good-excuse-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T21:39:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T18:39:23","slug":"heres-why-dropbox-doesnt-support-apples-m1-chip-its-a-good-excuse-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/heres-why-dropbox-doesnt-support-apples-m1-chip-its-a-good-excuse-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Here\u2019s Why Dropbox Doesn\u2019t Support Apple\u2019s M1 Chip (It\u2019s a Good Excuse) \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Here\u2019s Why Dropbox Doesn\u2019t Support App<\/a>le\u2019s M1 Chip (It\u2019s a Good Excuse) \u2013 Review Geek”<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Without the Rosetta emulation layer, Apple\u2019s M1 chip wouldn\u2019t be a success. Rosetta lets the M1 ARM architecture run x86 software<\/a> without a hitch, reducing the need for developers to build native Apple Silicon versions of their apps. There\u2019s just one problem\u2014Rosetta emulation can gobble up RAM and power. And after a year of enjoying M1, Mac users are upset by Dropbox\u2019s failure to release an Apple Silicon version of its app.<\/p>\n

A ton of major apps still lack proper M1 support. Discord is a great example, but Mac users are aiming their frustrations at Dropbox, and they\u2019re justified in doing so. Dropbox eats through battery life<\/a> when running on Rosetta, an issue we learned about shortly after M1\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n

Despite this issue, Dropbox has seemingly ignored Apple Silicon\u2019s existence, and recently asked customers to \u201cvote\u201d<\/a> for an M1 version of its software. Any company that\u2019s aware of the general<\/a> computer market should understand the importance of native Apple Silicon apps. So what the hell is wrong with Dropbox? Can\u2019t it just use Apple\u2019s fancy tools to recompile its software for M1?<\/p>\n

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Correct \u2014 lots of technical changes in the OS. Our communication in the support thread wasn’t great \u2014 we’ll (of course) support Apple Silicon and have been working on M1 support for a while<\/p>\n

\u2014 Drew Houston (@drewhouston) October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Well, maybe Dropbox isn\u2019t as ignorant as we think. As explained by Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>, the Apple Silicon architecture presents a few hurdles for developers like Dropbox, particularly when it comes to kernel extensions (extra code that runs when the Mac boots). Apple requires M1 users to manually downgrade their security settings<\/a> to allow kernel extensions on their device, though the process was more lax on previous versions of macOS.<\/p>\n

Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston tweeted to confirm that Apple Silicon presents new technical challenges. He even states that Dropbox has been \u201cworking on M1 support for a while,\u201d which is nice to hear. (That said, he doesn\u2019t specify any technical challenges the company is facing. Also, his claim that Dropbox has been working on M1 support contradicts several posts<\/a> on the Dropbox support forum.)<\/p>\n

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We’re certainly supporting Apple Silicon, sorry for the confusion. We’ve been working for a while on a native M1 build which we aim to release in H1 2022. (And agree the responses in the support thread were not ideal \u2014 no need to upvote for this one \ud83d\ude0a)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Drew Houston (@drewhouston) October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Altogether, Dropbox seems to have a good excuse for its current lack of M1 support. But there are still a few questions left\u2014namely, why didn\u2019t Google have this kind of trouble adding M1 support to its Drive desktop app<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Drew Houston now says Dropbox will gain native Apple Silicon support in the first half of 2022. But that\u2019s a long way away, and to be frank, it feels like Dropbox came up with this arbitrary deadline to appease the mob of complaining Mac users.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re tired of Dropbox eating at your M1 Mac\u2019s battery and can\u2019t wait half a year for Apple Silicon support, I suggest finding a new cloud storage solution. In most cases, that means moving your stuff<\/a> to iCloud or Google Drive. Sorry, Dropbox.<\/p>\n

Source: Steve Troughton-Smith<\/a>, Drew Houston<\/a> via 9to5Mac<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n