Dropbox

Understanding the Dropbox Client

• Latest Release Notes can be found at dropbox.com/release_notes

Installing the client

Windows

1. Meta Installer pulls another executable to auto start installation
2. Enterprise Installer
   1. Manual Installation (Requires local admin permissions)
   2. Remote Deployment (SCCM/GPO) Maybe PSTools?

macOS

-Contents are extracted from DMG and manually copied to the Applications folder -Manual Installation (Requires local admin permissions) -Remote Deployment (Casper Suite, Apple Remote Desktop)

Linux

-Manual installation (Requires local admin permissions) -Standard Installer Package -Download and install from Source Code

Client Download

The latest stable build can be downloaded from:

 dropbox.com/download
 dropbox.com/downloading
 dropbox.com/install

Things to note:

• Beta builds are odd-numbered
• The Dropbox website auto-detects the OS and downloads the correct installer