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jkdotmv
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2 years ago
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I edited my files last night, but now my updates are missing.

II updated at least a dozen files last night and when I look now, the files dates show prior years. I've lost a ton of work.  Was Dropbox corrupted in the past 24 hours?
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    jkdotmv
    2 years ago

    I've been out of town, so I am late to respond.  I made multiple edits on 11/24 before I left for my trip. Those edits appear on Dropbox.  Whatever issue was plaguing me before seems to be resolved now.  Thank you.

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jkdotmv
New member | Level 1
2 years ago

All work was done on the same pc with Windows 11. I was able to see the edits. I saw the edits in the application as I opened and closed the files by monitoring the file dates. I don't believe I looked at the files in File Explorer.

Most of the files appear as though they were restored from one year ago when I made the edits. This is an annual process. On 11/21/2004, I edited 14 files. As I look now, none of the files have recent 2024 dates.

I did check the file dates on a MacBook and saw the same result. No recent file dates on the files that I updated this week.

 

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    Mark
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    2 years ago
    jkdotmv wrote:

    I did check the file dates on a MacBook and saw the same result. No recent file dates on the files that I updated this week.

    What does www.dropbox.com/events show out of interest? Is Dropbox connecting on that machine? 

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