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Dropbox 1.4.0 stable released


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#1 +Mephistopheles

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 07:49

What's new in Dropbox 1.4.0:
  • Importing of photos from cameras, phones, and SD cards.
  • Batch upload/download of files.
View: Release notes
Link: Dropbox blog post about the new release
Download:


#2 nyolc8

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 08:09

Is the mac client supposed to update itself automatically? Because I have v1.2.52 and it's not updating itself, (tried to restart it).

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:25

View Postnyolc8, on 27 April 2012 - 08:09, said:

Is the mac client supposed to update itself automatically? Because I have v1.2.52 and it's not updating itself, (tried to restart it).

They've probably not pushed it to the update servers yet.

#4 S.P

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 09:57

They have been workig pretty hard to push this official update. Beta releases were at least once a week.

Got to say I've never had an issue with the beta versions... Can't wait to see what else they up their sleeves.

#5 ZakO

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 10:12

View PostMephistopheles, on 27 April 2012 - 07:49, said:

  • Batch upload/download of files.
Does this fix slowness if you have lots of little files? Before I stopped using dropbox I had 2.5GB of files in it, most were < 100KB and the initial sync when adding a new device took over 36 hours (avg speed < 10KB/s).

#6 primexx

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 20:03

View PostZakO, on 27 April 2012 - 10:12, said:

Does this fix slowness if you have lots of little files? Before I stopped using dropbox I had 2.5GB of files in it, most were < 100KB and the initial sync when adding a new device took over 36 hours (avg speed < 10KB/s).

that's the idea. you'll have to try it out to see how well it works for you.

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 20:21

will update this as soon as i get home :D

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Posted 27 April 2012 - 21:25

View Postnyolc8, on 27 April 2012 - 08:09, said:

Is the mac client supposed to update itself automatically? Because I have v1.2.52 and it's not updating itself, (tried to restart it).

I never even notice when it updates. It's sneaky like Chrome. :p

View PostZakO, on 27 April 2012 - 10:12, said:

Does this fix slowness if you have lots of little files? Before I stopped using dropbox I had 2.5GB of files in it, most were < 100KB and the initial sync when adding a new device took over 36 hours (avg speed < 10KB/s).

Yep, and it works pretty well now.

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 08:56

OF: Does Dropbox allow all kind of files to be hosted? I m kinda encrypting my files to containers so i would like to know do they allow it?

#10 OP +Mephistopheles

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 09:02

View Postalevkov, on 28 April 2012 - 08:56, said:

OF: Does Dropbox allow all kind of files to be hosted? I m kinda encrypting my files to containers so i would like to know do they allow it?
There's nothing in the Dropbox Terms of Service which would disallow the upload of encrypted files.

#11 Singh400

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 15:41

1.4.1 is now out.

View Postalevkov, on 28 April 2012 - 08:56, said:

OF: Does Dropbox allow all kind of files to be hosted? I m kinda encrypting my files to containers so i would like to know do they allow it?
Don't see why not. If you want proper protection go with a service like SpiderOak.

#12 @mac

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 15:54

Why is there no 64-bit for Mac yet? Its the only non-64 app that I use :-/

#13 Denis W

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Posted 28 April 2012 - 18:13

Batch upload would be a godsend. My
Dropbox folder contains several source trees from Subversion repositories.

#14 ZakO

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 18:53

View PostZakO, on 27 April 2012 - 10:12, said:

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Batch upload/download of files.

Does this fix slowness if you have lots of little files? Before I stopped using dropbox I had 2.5GB of files in it, most were < 100KB and the initial sync when adding a new device took over 36 hours (avg speed < 10KB/s).

To update myself: I just tried the new version and for me at least it was no different, took 2 days to sync 2.4GB in 35,000 files.

#15 xendrome

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Posted 01 May 2012 - 18:55

I see this on the dropbox forums daily. It's almost like people think dropbox has some automagic control over the speed of your upload and download streams on your internet connection...