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Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background

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Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background

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Post by gkoberger »

konceptz wrote: post #2

I wonder why the option to disable automatic updates was omitted?

(Assuming this is true....) Because if they're stuck supporting old versions of Dropbox, they're miserable (having to support dozens of versions) and you're miserable (things start to break). I understand why people would be worried about Dropbox auto-downloading software, but honestly... if you're the kind of person worried about the security around Dropbox auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does, you probably aren't using Dropbox to begin with.

Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background

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Post by konceptz »

gkoberger wrote: post #5
konceptz wrote: post #2

I wonder why the option to disable automatic updates was omitted?

(Assuming this is true....) Because if they're stuck supporting old versions of Dropbox, they're miserable (having to support dozens of versions) and you're miserable (things start to break). I understand why people would be worried about Dropbox auto-downloading software, but honestly... if you're the kind of person worried about the security around Dropbox auto-updating the same way every app on your phone does, yo…

Good points.

Though this is not a phone app and Dropbox does have a history of mistakes causing data loss.

I assume it's true because: "If you don’t want Dropbox Update to run on your computer, you can uninstall the Dropbox application. You can still access your files on dropbox.com and using the Dropbox mobile apps."

Re: Dropbox on Mac now updates itself with a process in background

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Post by citruspi »

radley wrote: post #4

When did they post this? Is it old? It mentions OS 10.7, so I'd guess it's been in place for a few years now.

The minimum required operating system version isn't necessarily indicative of the age of the feature. I can develop an application on macOS 10.12 now and have it support all previous versions up to OS X 10.7.
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