Re: [PLUG] Alternatives to Dropbox on Linux

[Fred Stluka via plug <plug@lists.phillylinux.org>]

Walt,

Dropbox works fine on my MacBook Pro with macOS 12.3.

I've been using DropBox for just over 10 years.  Never a problem.
I upgraded from macOS 11.6 to 12.3 about 2 weeks ago and it's
still working fine.

Maybe check whether you need to upgrade to a newer version
of DropBox?

--Fred
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On 4/4/22 7:56 PM, Walt Mankowski via plug wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've been a Dropbox user for a long time, and I've been paying for 
> extra storage for the last 5 years or so. I bounce around between 
> Linux, Mac, and Windows, and I need to have my directories synced 
> between all 3 platforms.
>
> This has worked great for a long time, but it seems Dropbox was using 
> some undocumented features on macOS. Apple closed these holes in 
> version 12.3 (which came out a few weeks ago) and now wants everyone 
> providing this kind of service to use a new API. Even though this was 
> announced a year ago, Dropbox still hasn't implemented it and so it's 
> no longer syncing directories to macOS.
>
> They had *ONE JOB*…
>
> I'm sure they'll fix if eventually. In the meantime I'm willing to 
> look into alternatives, but as far as I know none of their major 
> competitors (iCloud Drive, One Drive, Google Drive, Box, etc.) have 
> Linux clients that integrate into the filesystem as seamlessly as 
> Dropbox does.
>
> Does anyone have any alternatives they can suggest? I don't need any 
> bells and whistles. All I want is Dropbox's functionality from 15 
> years ago -- a single drive that quietly and automatically syncs files 
> between Linux, macOS and Windows.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Walt
>
>
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