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Nicholas M.5
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Dropbox is creating duplicate files as opposed to GoodSync

Hi.  I have been using GoodSync for a few years.  I have 3 licenses and use it to sync between 3 desktops and 1 laptop.   Lots of the data is not suitable for Dropbox (Essentials) storage and s...
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hi Nicholas M.5, if you momentarily try to pause GoodSync, and just use Dropbox, do you notice the same results? 

 

Do you still get the same conflicted copies? 

 

One more thing I'd like to ask is if both Dropbox and GoodSync use the same path to sync content, or if the latter has their own folder, like Dropbox does. 

Nicholas M.5's avatar
Nicholas M.5
Explorer | Level 4
2 years ago

Goodsync synchronizes manually.  So the Dropbox message usually appears after a Goodsync sync in which files are removed.

 

The laptop does not have Dropbox.  So a complex folder on the laptop also exists on the desktop network.  It is under the Dropbox tree of folders.

 

Goodsync synchronizes this one folder to the same folder on the desktop within Dropbox.

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