I can’t imagine how this is going to impact my workflow. Still, there is a solid installed base of Mac users who are going to be left behind after May 18. 29.3% for Windows and 18.8% iOS) – not only that, but Mac users running older hardware. I’ll grant that our demographic skews toward Mac users (42.1% vs. Add in the 2.75% running 10.4 and 10.5 on Intel Macs, and almost one-in-eight Mac users reading Low End Mac content in January 2015 is using an operating system that Dropbox will no longer support in four months. That’s nearly 9.5% of Mac users visiting in the past month. I’ve been recommending Dropbox to Mac users for years primarily because it was the only one of many competing services to provide full support to those still using PowerPC Macs, whether running Tiger or Leopard. Sure, I have a couple Intel-based Macs that will still be able to run Dropbox, but the whole idea behind Dropbox is to sync important files on all the machines you want them on. When Dropbox kills off Tiger and Leopard support, these two production machines will become much less useful. I can’t upgrade these machines to Snow Leopard. I’ve been using Dropbox for over four years to sync work files among three or more Macs, at least two of them PowerPC models that cannot run anything newer than OS X 10.5 Leopard. For more information, please check out our Help Center. However, on May 18th you’ll be signed out of your Dropbox account on your computer and the Dropbox desktop application will no longer be accessible. Apple’s instructions on how to update your operating system can be found here.If you don’t want to update your operating system, your files will still be available through the Dropbox website. We’re writing to let you know that as of May 18th, Dropbox will no longer support these older versions of OS X.Don’t worry - your files and photos aren’t going anywhere! But you’ll need to update your computer to OS X Snow Leopard 10.6 or later to access them through the Dropbox desktop application. Hi Daniel,We noticed that you’re running the Dropbox desktop application (client) on an older operating system (OS X Tiger 10.4 or OS X Leopard 10.5).
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