Dropbox finally gets an official 64-bit app for Mac OS X
Popular cloud storage service, Dropbox, has announced some major news.
Dropbox has implemented some top security methods, including two-factor authentication. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have zero-knowledge encryption, which means metadata extracted from files remains as plain text that isn’t encrypted. Where can you run this program? The program runs on OS X Yosemite 10.10 up to macOS Mojave 10.14. If you recently upgraded to the latest version of macOS, and you have the Dropbox desktop app installed on your computer, we recommend you update to the latest version of Dropbox for the best experience. After updating your device to macOS Catalina, you’ll see a notification that says “Dropbox Would Like to Send You.
The desktop app of the service is finally available in a native 64-bit version for Apple Mac OS X.
64-bit apps are significantly better than 32-bit apps, in that they are more faster and more secure. It is common knowledge that 32-bit architecture has severe hardware limitations, especially when it comes to the supported amount of RAM on machines. 32-bit computers can only use upto 4GB of RAM, which is quite uncommon in today’s systems.
Many popular apps such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox have 64-bit versions available to support modern machines.
Linux users already have 64-bit versions of the Dropbox desktop app. But those are available in separate 32-bit and 64-bit installer varaiants. The Dropbox for 64-bit Mac OS X app is not available as a separate download, and instead users need to just download the unified installer, which will detect the bit architecture of the machine, and install the appropriate one automatically.
On a side note, Windows and Linux versions of the app have been upgraded to support the newly released Qt 5.5 framework.
Download the Dropbox 3.13.41 Experimental Build for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux from the official website. Offline installers are also available for said platforms. Users on the 3.11x builds or above will automatically be update to the new 3.13 build.
Sadly, there is no Dropbox 64-bit app for Windows available just yet. And there is no news available about one in the works either.
A couple of weeks ago, Dropbox added new badge features to the desktop app, in the 3.12x experimental build. These allow the users to view whether a document they have on their account is being shared with other users. You can also use the Dropbox badge to change the sharing permissions for the file, as long as you’re the file owner. Sharing files is also now simpler, as the badge lets you email files directly from the app. You can also set up email notifications, to be reminded when someone leaves a comment on a shared file.
Dropbox has now released the 3.12 build to all users, and has also fixed a couple of bugs which affected the experimental build. One bug which has been fixed was for an issue which caused slow syncing of files. Another bug, which affected Mac OS X 10.6 users, and causing issues in the tray pop-up, has been fixed as well.
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You can download the contents of an entire Dropbox folder via dropbox.com, as long as both of the following are true:
- The folder is less than 20 GB in total size
- The folder has fewer than 10,000 total files
To download an entire folder directly from dropbox.com:
- Sign in to dropbox.com.
- Find the folder you want to download.
- Click the … (ellipsis) icon to the right of the folder's name.
- Click Download.
Your browser will then download the folder as a single compressed file (known as a 'ZIP' file). You'll find the ZIP file wherever your browser normally downloads files, as set in your browser preferences. It will have the same name as the original folder, but will end in .zip.
To access the contents of a ZIP file, open and decompress the ZIP file.
Most operating systems are capable of decompressing ZIP files without any additional software. However, if you find yourself unable to open the file, you can find numerous ZIP file decompression utilities online.
Note: If you’re using a Mac and the ZIP file you downloaded contains a file larger than 4GB, the Archive Utility tool on MacOS may fail to extract the contents of the ZIP file. If this happens, you will need to use a different software or the Terminal program to extract the files.
What if I see an 'Open' button instead of a 'Download' button?
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If you see an Open button instead of a Download button, it means the folder is already synced with the Dropbox folder on your computer. Click the Open button to access this folder on your computer.
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Learn more about the Open button.