Walt Mankowski via plug on 4 Apr 2022 18:02:08 -0700 |
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Re: [PLUG] Alternatives to Dropbox on Linux |
Fred,I'm running the latest versions of both Dropbox and macOS. This is adescription of the problem I'm seeing:They describe a workaround for single files, but nothing for an entiresubdirectory which is what I need. My entire gnucash directory appearsas 0-byte files.WaltOn Mon, Apr 04, 2022 at 08:47:50PM -0400, Fred Stluka via plug wrote:> 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> ------------------------------------------------------------------------> Fred Stluka -- http://bristle.com -- Glad to be of service!> ------------------------------------------------------------------------>> 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> >> >> > ___________________________________________________________________________> > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org> > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce> > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug>> ___________________________________________________________________________> Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org> Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce> General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug___________________________________________________________________________Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.orgAnnouncements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announceGeneral Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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