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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...
Isn't editing files in Illustrator, or a spreadsheet in Numbers(in my case) and then exporting the updated file to Dropbox a normal and anticipated use case for Dropbox? The thing is- it used to work. They broke it in an update, just like they have before.
Exactly!! I cannot get a single person to acknowledge either point in an email. They keep saying the other apps need to improve their Dropbox integration, so I have to ask them to fix it. But it used to work!
So, is it a bug that they intend to fix, or is it going to be like this forever? No one can answer the question!
So, is it a bug that they intend to fix, or is it going to be like this forever? No one can answer the question!
- It all comes down to âit used to workâ, no issue, no nothing with ALL the apps. Now, itâs all down to Dropbox itself. THEY changed it so that we canât overwrite our own files (which is a normal function for any file management system). It doesnât matter where you do it. End result is you have to delete the original file from Dropbox before re-saving there otherwise it gets an (x) added to it. Itâs more work for the end user. Iâm living with it but hope this ânew normalâ is reversed to how it used to be.
I used to be able to see around a dozen recent folders, now it only shows five because thereâs the unnecessary âpreviewâ pane that takes up half the screen. These improvements were not asked for. Itâs the fix whatâs not broken mentality occurring.
