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Meet The New Dropbox Desktop App

35 pointsby hemancusoalmost 6 years ago

9 comments

phyrexalmost 6 years ago
I don't want another social network or collaboration platform, I just wants something that synchronizes files across machines :/
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s09dfhksalmost 6 years ago
Smells like another desperate attempt to drum up users by adding something their core die-hard userbase neither wants nor asked for
da_nalmost 6 years ago
No mention of Linux I see, guess market too small to care. Seems to align with the recent decision to weaken the supported filesystem sync options on Linux as well. No real loss, as there are excellent open source alternatives luckily.
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gumbyalmost 6 years ago
I don&#x27;t really understand the point of a desktop app: for the desktop you want filesystem integration, right? That was Dropbox&#x27;s initial claim to fame.<p>I just installed the DB client on a new Mac and it is <i>very</i> aggressive about trying to trick me into enabling Accessibility access (i.e. full control of the machine) and ghost files (ones that get faulted in when you read them) -- which I&#x27;d enable if they could still be indexed by Spotlight, a feature the old Sherlock had.
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hostcontrolleralmost 6 years ago
My boss is using Dropbox for business-related and private stuff and is looking for a comfortable way to encrypt the synced data on his machine. The best thing I came up with was a VeraCrypt image for sensitive data, which he could mount when needed. That could be problematic when he wants to access it on mobile, though.<p>Does anyone know of a more accessible way that could solve this?
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mooman219almost 6 years ago
Has anyone tried it yet? Is it just yet another electron app? For something that&#x27;s just syncing files for me, I&#x27;m not sure if I want a heavy UI running constantly.
Jas90X_almost 6 years ago
I just saw the announcement and don&#x27;t really understand what they are trying to do? I just need something that synchronizes my files across all my devices. Am I missing something?
zaphirplanealmost 6 years ago
A few stories down, dropbox relaunching as an enterprise collaboration
Jugurthaalmost 6 years ago
Is it working on encrypted filesystems again? I stopped using Dropbox when they dropped support but I&#x27;m curious.
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