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Dropbox overwrites new & local files with older versions and generates "conflicted files"-copy
I am a dropbox client for many years and have recommended it many many times, but now I'm a bit "irritated" to say least,... please help:
for unfortunate technical reasons i could'nt sync my huge d...
Hi, thanx for answering.
1) My current version is 53.4.67 - it should be the newest.
So this should not be the reason.
2) we re talking 900+ files, the event page has hundreds of entries.
I can't even remember which of the 1.5 mio files were (partially automatically) changed in th last 6 mths, so manually restore them is not a helpful idea, nor is the suggestion
3) that i should move files I work on to a different folder. I am not using the dropbox for teamwork in this case, but or backup and access via diff computers myself. I m not a hobby holiday image dropbox user, I got 1.5 mio work files which partially get changed manually, partially when database files get updated by other applications, etc.
Again: I dont get it: in windows and linux every file got several timestamps, right?
a) created
b) last modified
c) open, etc.? right?
Example: How (in the heavens) can Dropbox decide to overwrite a newer file that I modified (and is still open in my editor) YESTERDAY with an old file from December 2017?
I mean the Dropbox is integraded into the windows ~file handler system etc. - so how can it confuse these time priorities?
I had this very same problem on a different computer some year ago, but then I thought i had done sth wrong. But now i was more alert and the same thing happens.... again!
PLUS: It should at least warn me / ask me (once) if i really want to overwrite newer data with old data.
I use windows 10 and no, my clock is set correctly ;)
Thanx for helping
Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorThanks for the elaborate response David ( davidboxer).
I understand your track of thought here and I'd really like to help with this in any way I can. Therefore, I found your open case within our system and will work on it with the agent currently handling it, if you don't mind.
The conflicted files created by this process ( sorry to be vague but I don't have a visual of your whole work flow) - are a safeguard to avoid losing any of your data.
In regards to the large amount of your .mio files just note here is that the performance of our app can decline if you have more than 300,000 files synced to your computer depending highly on the hardware specifications of the computer running the app of course.
In any case, I am passing your comments to our dev team as well David - thanks for your feedback.
If there's anything else I can do from my end to assist further with this, do let me know and I'd be happy to follow up on any inquiry that you might have. Thank you!
