14 DAY TRIAL // Soon, Dropbox users who rely on the cloud service for both personal affairs and business will be able to merge two accounts into one box, according to the Dropbox team.
Dropbox Inc. today rolled out version 2.6.11 of the popular desktop cloud app. The update addresses a bug where the Dropbox folder would not go back to the same place on relink for dual account and DfB users, as well as an issue where the app wouldn't work if your DfB team name had unicode characters.
Other small fixes are included, making this update a fairly mundane one. However, users are also informed that the 2.6.x branch includes an all-new feature that allows “dual-account support.”
Users looking to employ this new feature must first have a Dropbox for Business account. Another requirement is that the DfB team be accepted into the beta.
Interested parties are required to ask their admin to sign up for the beta at https://www.dropbox.com/business/two-dropboxes.
The cloud company states on its Dropbox for Business website that “With separate Dropboxes for personal and work, administrators can have the control necessary to secure company data, and you can still have your most important stuff at your fingertips.”
“Dropbox makes it easy to get to your stuff, whether personal or work, from wherever you are. Soon, you'll be able to access both sets of data on the web and across all your devices,” Dropbox says.
“Our newest admin features — account transfer, remote wipe, and sharing audit logs — will give administrators everything they need to deploy, provision, and manage Dropbox inside their company,” the company adds.
As usual, Mac, Windows, and Linux customers alike can grab the latest Dropbox releases at the links below (including the newest Experimental builds).
Download Dropbox 2.6.11 for Mac OS X