rjackb2

It isn't April Fools Day yet.

blastdoor said:

rjackb2 said:

blastdoor said:

Once upon a time, there was this great folder syncing software called 'Dropbox.' It was multi-platform (Mac, Linux, Windows) and 'just worked.' 

I sure wish we could have that back again, but it seems everybody (including Apple!) is committed to making it impossible. 

What problem are you having with Dropbox? I just switched back to Dropbox yesterday and it seems to be working fine. OneDrive is no longer useful for me since you can no longer automatically synchronize files automatically to local drives (they do have a "keep file on this machine" or some such option now but it doesn't cause the file to be automatically downloaded to my other machine--which is precisely what I need).

My understanding (but happy to be proven wrong!) is that Dropbox will have no choice but to lose exactly that feature: 

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/01/macos-12-3-will-break-cloud-storage-features-used-by-dropbox-and-onedrive/

My interpretation (which could be wrong but looks clear to me) of both the Ars Technica article and the Dropbox comment is that they don't support online only files (which I don't want): Ars Technica says "...the update is deprecating a kernel extension used by both apps to download files on demand. The extension means that files are available when you need them but don't take up space on your disk when you don't..." and Dropbox says "...For this release, Dropbox doesn't have full support for online-only files just yet...".  We'll see.

Atrial fibrillation (afib) is not what is usually considered a life threatening condition so the headline for this article is completely sensational and misleading. The risk from afib is not immediate but rather that you are more susceptible to forming a blood clot in your heart's atrium which could lead to a stroke.