Using Scrivener with Dropbox

[Bridey]

@ClarkW

Hi all,
I am reviving this thread in light of Dropbox’s new minimum requirements for Mac OS. I imagine others share my concern that Dropbox is ceasing to support the Mac OS I am on. Snow Leopard is ancient, I know, as is my computer (2008 MBP), but the whole system runs incredibly smoothly (the laptop is maxed out on RAM, SSD and I’ve certainly never had a problem with syncing and Scrivener, as we all know, is the d’s bs), so this is a real frustration, as, if I update to Dropbox’s new minimum requirement of Mavericks, everything will surely slow down (leading to a lot more of the dreaded spinning beachball), while, as things stand, it seems my ‘vintage’ status means a massive reduction in ads on the like of Youtube etc., which all in all is an exchange I am reluctant to make.
Is anyone else in this position? Does anyone know if there is a solution? Or is a hopeful update my only way, doubtless followed by a whack to the wallet?
Many thanks!

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