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JohneeDubya
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

Edited files in Dropbox are down to 5 or 6 KB. How can I restore them?

I have identified over 50,000 of my Dropbox files have been altered or changed from standard file size to 5-6KB. Restoring them 1 at a time is brutal. I've checked deleted and they are not there. The...
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JohneeDubya
New member | Level 2
6 months ago

To add more context, I think this issue occurred when I changed some folders and files on desktop locally from Offline to Online Only. One would think the files and folders would not change to 5-6KB in DB or other DB account connected computers. I have specific dates where this has occured and hoping to do bulk restores. I see in Events where it is showing 7100+, 5200+, 8000+ files edited on different dates. Anything that was deleted, was intentionally deleted, anything marked edited was not actually edited.

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