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Ökologe763's avatar
Ökologe763
Explorer | Level 3
7 years ago

Delta Sync and detection of existing files

One of dropboxs major advanteges is delta sync, that means only changed parts are transmitted and if someone else uplaoded the file before then you do not have to upload the file because Dropbox just...
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Greg-DB's avatar
Greg-DB
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7 years ago

No, unfortunately the Dropox API doesn't offer a way to upload just the changed parts of existing files, but I'll pass this along as a feature request. I can't promise if or when that might be implemented though. 

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