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aisb
Helpful | Level 7
4 years ago

Dropbox no longer overwriting files

A few days ago, Dropbox stopped overwriting files when I edit and re-save them. Now, every time I edit one of my files on iPad and save to Dropbox, it creates a new file ending in (1). It used to sim...
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Megan
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4 years ago

Hello guys, happy Monday! 

 

I'd like to know a bit more about your workflow here, please. 

 

How do you open your files? Do you use the Dropbox app, the Files app or maybe opening them directly in Illustrator? Let me know the steps that you take when you save content too. 

 

That can be really helpful, and it'll shine some light on identifying exactly where the issue is located. 

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clira
Collaborator | Level 9
4 years ago
In Numbers in my iPad, I select reading.xlsx….Share….Export….Excel….and then choose Save to Dropbox. I love into Dropbox, it has the folder selected, and I choose Save. At this point, previously, it would ask if I want to overwrite and I would confirm. But now instead, it just saves with a (1) appended, resulting in both the original file and the new (1) version in Dropbox.

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