Good news for Dropbox users running OS X Yosemite: Dropbox has made available an experimental build optimized for Yosemite’s new look (via Zach Kahn). The download brings a new Finder icon, new notification glyphs, and faster uploads for small files among other enhancements. Here’s the full list of what’s new:
New in 2.11.25
- Updated Camera Uploads folder icon for Yosemite
- Fixed Copy Link context menu option from the toolbar
- More Finder integration bug fixes
New in the 2.11 series
- Rewrite of the Windows & Linux UI. (1)
- File identifiers. (2)
- Windows long path support. (3)
- New Linux headless setup flow.
- Faster uploads for small files.
- Updated splash screens.
- New Finder icon overlays.
- New Windows notification area icons.
You can update (at your own risk) using the download links here.
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It’s probably more stable than the terrible hacks the were using to get sync icons on files and folders pre-Yosemite.
Is it finally 64-bit?
Will Dropbox still useful when we all switch to iCloud Drive?
Yes, I use a few apps that sync via Dropbox. iCloud Drive won’t offer that. Even other well established cloud sync apps don’t offer that for the apps I use. Moreover I don’t trust iCloud with key documents (external to apps) because there isn’t a previous versions. If iCloud decides to delete your files you won’t be getting them back, Dropbox, Box and Drive have fallbacks (perhaps iCloud Drive will put an end to that behaviour but I doubt it).
Uhm…
– 5GB vs 16/18GB (free tier)
– iCloud Drive != android. I doubt Apple will provide anything in the future for it.
android is crap. who cares about it? honestly…
Don’t like the term “experimental build”…