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todt
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Dropbox renaming PDF files, and changes the names entirely.
Hello,
I work for a company where mulitple people access DPF files in a Dropbox folder. This issue has happened for the last month. When a file is open (in an open job folder) on an iPad, edited, s...
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
2 years agoHey todt, sorry to jump in here.
Generally, when the word "conflict" is appended to a file name, it means that the file is being edited by two devices at the same time.
You can see more info about the conflicted copies here.
However, it's strange that the entire file name changes. Do you see anything related to this in your events page?
todt
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Hi Hannah,
Thanks for the clarification. We do get the duplicate (conflict) file on other occasions in the complete folder if we close the iPad before the file is saved.
Not sure what you mean by events page. I thought it renamed the file with a file name of a file that was open at the time or a recently opened file. But it’s a random file to that’s weeks old.
Tod
Thanks for the clarification. We do get the duplicate (conflict) file on other occasions in the complete folder if we close the iPad before the file is saved.
Not sure what you mean by events page. I thought it renamed the file with a file name of a file that was open at the time or a recently opened file. But it’s a random file to that’s weeks old.
Tod
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