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Tom-PA
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

Restore previous version of file

The content of a file that I edit nearly every day was inadvertently all deleted on Jan 12, 2023 (just the content, not the file itself).  The version history now shows 0 bytes for the current versio...
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Jay's avatar
Jay
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3 years ago

Were you editing this file on the Dropbox site itself, or from another device, or were you only editing in the local Dropbox folder?

 

Do you recall the Dropbox icon on the file changing to show that it was syncing, and then later have a green tick?

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Tom-PA
Explorer | Level 3
3 years ago

I always edit on the same device, a MacBook Pro computer.  I've downloaded the Dropbox app, so the file appears in the MacBook finder, under the Dropbox folder.  I open the file from the finder, do the editing, and save the file.  That's how I've always done the editing, and I assume that saving the file means that it would be saved in Dropbox.   

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