Dropbox to Roll Out Update With Full Support for macOS 12.5 by End of May - MacRumors
Skip to Content

Dropbox to Roll Out Update With Full Support for macOS 12.5 by End of May

by

Dropbox today announced that it is expanding support for macOS 12.5 and later, with all users set to receive the update by May 2023.

General Dropbox Feature
Dropbox users that have not already got the update with support for macOS 12.5 can expect to receive it between now and the end of May. Anyone interested in early access to the version of Dropbox with support for macOS 12.5 can join the beta now.

Basic, Plus, Professional, and Family plan customers simply need to turn on early releases and keep watch for a notification to opt-in to get the beta, while Standard, Advanced, Enterprise, and Education customers need to contact the Account Team or Customer Support.

Dropbox added that it is also working directly with a small subset of customers with complex configurations to ensure their migration to the new system is as smooth as possible.

With the release of macOS Monterey 12.3 in March 2022, Apple deprecated kernel extensions used by cloud storage services like Dropbox and OneDrive, resulting in users being unable to open online-only files stored on Dropbox or OneDrive in third-party apps after updating.

Dropbox previously said it would begin rolling out an updated version of its Mac app to beta testers in March 2022, followed by an announcement in August that said the public beta was coming in the early fourth quarter of 2022. Development has evidently taken much longer than expected, leading to complaints from some users.

Tag: Dropbox

Popular Stories

Four iPhone 18 Pro Colors Mock Feature

iPhone 18 Pro: Pre-Orders and Release Date

Thursday August 20, 2026 8:00 am PDT by
Apple has yet to reveal when the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone Ultra will be announced and released, but the dates usually follow a familiar pattern. As usual, the iPhone event is expected to take place in the first half of September. Labor Day falls on September 7 this year. The last time the holiday was on that day was in 2020, but the iPhone event that year was delayed until October due to...
Read Full Article • 20 comments
macOS 27 next to MacBook Pro Running macOS 27

macOS Golden Gate Marks the End of an Era

Thursday August 20, 2026 2:19 pm PDT by
macOS 27 Golden Gate is not compatible with any Macs with Intel processors, marking the end of an era. The update, which is currently in beta ahead of a release later this year, is limited to Apple silicon Macs with an M1 chip or newer. Last year, Apple said that macOS 26 Tahoe would be the final macOS release compatible with Intel-based Macs, so this was an expected development. Intel...
Read Full Article
Aston Martin CarPlay Ultra Screen

Apple Says CarPlay Ultra is Coming to These Vehicle Brands

Wednesday August 19, 2026 12:53 pm PDT by
Last year, Apple launched CarPlay Ultra, the long-awaited next-generation version of its CarPlay software system for vehicles. More than a year later, CarPlay Ultra is still limited to Aston Martin's latest luxury vehicles, but that should change in the foreseeable future. In May 2025, Apple said many other vehicle brands planned to offer CarPlay Ultra, including Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis. ...
Read Full Article

Top Rated Comments

FightTheFuture Avatar
FightTheFuture
47 months ago

Apple's has excellent and seamless integration between Apple devices, while Drop Box has support for non-Apple devices and platforms?
I wouldn’t call iCloud Drive seamless from my experience, unless it’s a lot better than before. And for how much I rely on Dropbox I stay clear of it’s native app. Try Maestral if you’re a heavy Dropbox user.
Score: 14 Votes (Like | Disagree)
M
munpip214
47 months ago
Dropbox was great back in the day…
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Mr. Dee Avatar
Mr. Dee
47 months ago
Already moved over to OneDrive (already included with my Microsoft 365 subscription) and iCloud (already included with my subscription).
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
E
edrozenberg
47 months ago
Dropbox was great years ago on the Mac before they turned it into a bloated montrous web-app that slows down your entire machine when file activity is happening.

All anyone ever wanted was a folder that syncs, and this is what Dropbox provided in the early days.

Now it's all about what Dropbox wants to get from you, how Dropbox wants to tell you to work, features they want to push you to use, "enterprise" features even many enterprises don't want.

I abandoned the Dropbox apps years ago. All I do now is use Transmit (Panic) to occasionally copy to Dropbox some files I want to share, and grab the sharing link via a right-click on the files in Transmit. For everything else I want to sync, iCloud drive has been working pretty well for me for some time.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Cameront9 Avatar
Cameront9
47 months ago
Too little too late. I moved all my files to iCloud Drive over a year ago now. Used them for years but the space was expensive, and the support was outdated. Good riddance.
Score: 10 Votes (Like | Disagree)
avkills Avatar
avkills
47 months ago
Dropbox seems to work right now on 12.x; But they should really be targeting 13.x, right!?
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Read All Comments