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Failure to sync changes from subfolder locally, online.
My documents folder was copied in its entirety to DB several months ago. A sub-folder is named New Files. I created a test file in the New Files folder two weeks ago. DB has still not copied that fil...
Hannah
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHey FLYONTHEWALL, thanks for your post here!
The local Dropbox folder is the folder created on your computer, when the Dropbox application is installed.
This folder will sync and contain all the files already existing in your Dropbox account, and any changes you make to those files in that folder, will sync to your account online.
So, if you've created a copy of your Documents folder within this local Dropbox folder and you want to update files for them to sync to your Dropbox account online, all these updates will need to be made in the Dropbox folder.
I hope this helps!
Okay, I understand now. I'm trying hard to remember to save new or changed files to the local Dropbox folder, instead of to the old stand-by My Documents folder. Thanks.
