My files appear to be empty after editing

Dropbox can only replicate what its being told to do, so, something on your device is doing this. 

How do you mean the files are empty when opened? Are they totally blank? Do you have enough quota on your account at http://www.dropbox.com/account/plans 

Hi samuelc, thanks for messaging the Community!

Do you have any apps or services that could be monitoring the Dropbox folder itself, and somehow interfering with the edits?

As Mark said, are the files literally empty or blank when you open them up?

Any other info or screenshots would be helpful!

No, none of my apps that I am aware of can edit the folder, all of the ones that might are also installed by other people in the same folder and it's not happening to them which makes me think its another issue maybe on my computer.

Second, the files are completely blank, like they have just been opened up.

Could you attach a screenshot of the version history for that specific file, by following these steps to view the history?

Hi samuelc! I wanted to give you a little nudge here and see if you still need help with this. 

Keep us in the loop.

I don't know how to attach images in direct replies, so this is in response to Jay's message.
As you can see, the files are added at the same exact time, and all have zero bytes in them. 

Hey samuelc​, let me also jump in here! 

Based on the screenshots that you sent me, and specifically the first one it looks like we're talking about an empty file. Can you please check the file version history of a file that was deleted, and then restored? I'd like to see how this looks like on your end. 

In addition to that, can you also check your events page to see if it reflects the same behavior? The events page gives you an overview of all activity in your account including files events (adds/edits/deletes), as well as adding or removing shared folders. 

Keep in mind that there's a new stable build of our desktop app, so you might want to manually download and update it if you're not already using it. 

I'll be waiting for your updates!