At the suggestion of Apple customer support, I created a new user account, and installed Dropbox in that account. Dropbox then worked fine. So it was not some incompatibility of Dropbox with the new apple chip (M1) or new OS (Big Sur), but something in the migration of Dropbox from the old Mac that created the issue. Dropbox Alternatives for Mac. There are many alternatives to Dropbox for Mac if you are looking to replace it. The most popular Mac alternative is Nextcloud, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Dropbox and loads of them are available for Mac so hopefully you can find. Open www.dropbox.com on your Mac or Windows PC, and log into your account. There are four options on the top left corner: Home, Files, Paper, and Showcase. You need to click on Files.
Dropbox Download Mac Os X
Dropbox is the simplest and most elegant cloud storage service. It allows you to upload, download, browse & move all your photos, videos & files to access them from anywhere. Dropbox provides a technology called 'LAN sync' on a local area network computers. This technology allow computers to download files locally from each other instead of central servers. You can download photos from Dropbox to Mac with simple steps. To learn how to download photos to Mac from your Dropbox account, check out the steps below.
Here are the steps to Download Photos from DropBox to Mac:
- Go to https://www.dropbox.com/ & sign in to your account.
- Select the photos which you want to download.
- Click 'Download' button located at the top of the window.
- Your browser prompts you to save .zip file, then click 'Save' and specify a location to download. The downloaded zip file will contain all the photos from the Dropbox album.
- Your photos will now be downloaded to Mac.
Dropbox For Macbook
You can install PicBackMan's Dropbox uploader for Mac from the website and start backing up photos and videos.