I use Scrivener for MacOS and iOS for several years. In the past, whenever I enabled the new Apple File Provider for Dropbox, I couldn’t complete any syncing session between Dropbox and iOS and/or Dropbox and MacOS. It got stuck with 1 or 2 files remaining and I had to erase all my files, reinstall Dropbox, and restart the whole process both on iOS and MacOS, making sure I didn’t agree to migrate to the new Apple File Provider when Dropbox prompted me to do so.
I am considering installing MacOS 26 Tahoe, but I saw that Dropbox is enforcing the change to the new Apple File Provider in Tahoe. Does anyone have any experience with it? Any issues? Is it safe to accept this change nowadays?
This is what appears to me in Dropbox settings and I refuse to accept it because it was the source of so many headaches in the past:
Thank you! Would you mind sharing how you use it? Do you use it to sync projects between iOS and MacOS as well? What I heard back then was that the Scrivener project was built in a way that Dropbox messed up.
I’ve been using Dropbox to sync Macs (previously two, now one) to iOS (iPhone and iPad) for many years, no issues. Need to setup per the documentation, set all files to be “offline”, and allow the sync to complete.
I’ve never heard anything about Scrivener project files being built in away that Dropbox messed up. L&L provides guidance on their web site giving advice (and warnings) about other sync services.
I’ve been syncing projects between iOS Scrivener and Mac Scrivener via Dropbox since iOS Scrivener was released. There were some problems years ago (at least 5?) that turned out to relate to an Apple bug. Other than that, it’s been rock solid reliable.
As noted, make sure the Mac is configured to keep projects available offline, and be sure to allow whichever device to sync before and after you use it.
