![]() Files get downloaded transparently when another app requests them or when you request them in Finder. ![]() Strongsync is another client that lets you mount cloud storage accounts on your Mac as if they were local disks. It also has useful features like File Sync, which can mirror remote and local files in one click. ![]() While it's not a straight up Dropbox client replacement (it doesn't sync files in the background) its dual-pane interface is faster than Finder, which makes it good if you upload and download files regularly. Long-running file transfer app Transmit used to be referred to as an FTP client, but these days it can also connect to 11 different cloud services, Dropbox being one of them, which is why we've included it here. Client-side encryption is included, and it also has a contextual menu to keep sync and URL copying options at your fingertips. You can choose to keep individual files offline on your local disk, and it displays which files are in sync with little icons. Like CloudMounter, Mountain Duck integrates with Finder to turn it into a fully-functional SFTP client, allowing you to access your Dropbox (or other cloud storage service) account as if it was a local drive. ![]() It encrypts your files to ensure their safety, and you can also share any file or folder by copying its Dropbox link to the clipboard via a contextual menu option. You can search, drag, drop, and access your files, and it doesn't automatically synchronize them to your local drive, which is great if you need access to files on Dropbox's servers but are low on storage space. CloudMounter ($29.99 a year)ĬloudMounter connects cloud storage accounts like Dropbox and Google Drive to your Mac's Finder, allowing you to treat them like regular, local drives. The caveats are that it doesn't support Dropbox Paper, shared folder settings, or the transfer of only those parts of a file which have changed ("binary diff"). The lightweight client happily syncs files and folders in the background, and won't bring your Mac to a standstill in the process. Maestral is a popular open-source Dropbox client for Mac that's free to use and has a significantly smaller resource footprint than the Dropbox app (40MB versus 420MB). If you've had your share of frustrations with the Dropbox app, you can always switch to another rival cloud storage service like iCloud, or you can try one of the following alternative Mac clients to sync with your existing Dropbox account. That means M1 Mac owners must use Dropbox with Rosetta, and reports suggest the client hemorrhages MacBook battery life and uses a disproportionate amount of memory on Apple silicon Macs. And when it does lurch into action, syncing with Dropbox's servers can sometimes be painfully slow, for no obvious reason.Īdded to this is the fact that almost a year after the first Macs with the M1 chip became available, Dropbox still doesn't natively support Apple silicon, and won't until sometime in 2022. The client is often called out for using significant system resources, even when it's not doing anything in the background. To learn more about Dropbox Paper’s public beta and the newly released mobile apps, check out Engadget’s detailed hands-on.The Dropbox app has a troubled reputation among Mac users. The iPhone and iPad app requires iOS 8.1 or later. ![]() You can join the public beta at /paper.ĭropbox Paper for iOS is available for free on the App Store. Some of the features of the mobile Dropbox Paper app include notifications for comments, shares and in one organized list, the ability to add, view and reply to comments, making instant changes to existing documents or creating new ones, starring documents to pin them to the top of your lists and the ability to invite others from your team to collaborate on your documents. Dropbox said the apps will be “coming soon” for users in the European Union. The Paper mobile apps are currently available to people in the United States. Creating to-do’s-Start a checklist with just a few keystrokes, and assign tasks to others by simply adding and a team member’s name.Capturing meeting notes-Connect your Google Calendar, and Paper can create a custom notes doc for your next meeting and automatically share it with attendees.Brainstorming ideas-Tackle big ideas, together in the same doc, at the same time-and use more than just words by embedding videos, images and more.Here are some of the ways users are keeping their teams in sync with Paper: Early Paper users have already created 1+ million documents.īased on user feedback, the Paper team has made notable improvements such as enhanced tables and image galleries, notifications across desktop, mobile and web, advanced search features and more. As mentioned, the mobile Paper apps for iOS and Android launched today as the service entered public beta. ![]()
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