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Chris N.
New member | Level 2
9 years ago
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ReSync after time machine restore, doesn't make any sense.

This is the scenario:   Dropbox is up to date, the local folder is identical to the remote folder. You perform a time machine backup, and restore to a new disk. What happens is after restore Dropb...
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  • Mark's avatar
    Mark
    9 years ago
    You've missed a step between 5 and 6. Before it sync's it index's the files (THIS is what takes the time usually).

    At this point, no, it will know that there is a difference in the data between what is on your machine and what is in the cloud. It will then download the 'newest' versions of the updated files as needed.

    However, even if it doesnt you can still rollback the file online within 30 days - if for example something else also went wrong.... maybe for some unknown reason that file was also corrupted on your local machine before it went flying out of the window :)
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mikezter
Helpful | Level 5
9 years ago

Ok, thanks very much.

 

May i propose to make the difference between syncing and indexing clear in the client. I'm sure you're right and the client indexes first, but it shows "syncing x files". That is what made me nervous, because i surely didn't change 10k files and was not sure what the client is doing. 

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Jane
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9 years ago
 
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