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Use dropbox on Mac and Windows virtual environment (Parallels)

Hello,

I have a MacBook Air version macOS Monterey 12.5.1 with a chip M1.

I have downloaded and installed the Dropbox app on my Mac, but I can't see it on my Windows environment with Parallels desktop.

How can I use the Microsoft files on Dropbox on the Windows virtual environment?

Thanks for your help

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Mark

It should just appear as a navigatable folder - it always has done on mine under the folder 'Mac Files'

audrey111

Hi Mark,

Yes indeed it should, but it doesn't.

I am wondering if it has to do with the S mode of Windows. On my virtual Windows environment, the Windows 11 is not activate, and when I try to download the Dropbox app, it says I can only download Dropbox for S mode.

Is there a way to go around it, so I can see the files in "Mac files" as I should?

Thanks for your help

Jay

Hi @audrey111, as you're running Windows on a Mac with an M1 chip, this is an ARM chip, which isn't supported for the Dropbox desktop application on Windows.

audrey111

Hey Jay,

Thanks for your answer!

Is there a way around this?

Or is the only solution to buy a Windows computer?

Thanks for your help

Audrey

Jay

If you were using a Mac which was running the older Intel chip, then it would work normally. However, on Macs with the M1 chip, only the S Mode version of the app would run on Windows when using Parallels on that device.