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posixltd
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Error "Can't update <name>", what does it mean?

    "ICE01" is the name of multiple files, multiple folders, and also a computer we long ago stopped backing up to Dropbox. 1. How do we know which one of those it's referring to? 2. W...
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Megan
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2 years ago

Hey posixltd, if you don't see this message any longer, that's how you know it's no longer an issue. 

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posixltd
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

Hi Megan, your colleague Jay says "it isn't possible to see older alerts on the desktop app", which is consistent with my observations.  You are implying new alerts will only appear after an old alert is fixed, which doesn't make sense.  Hiding a previous alert doesn't mean it's fixed.  It just means I can't see it.

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