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druffolo
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Files did not sync because of clock error
Help! I traveled for work for 2 months and came back home. My computer at home had the clock time from before I left. So I synchronized the clock to internet time. New work is now syncing. Howeve...
druffolo
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes, the two months of updates are available on dropbox.com, but they are not syncing to my home computer.
My home computer says "Your files are up to date." Note that the clock jumping event was 3 days ago. So it is not trying to sync with those two months worth of updates, but it syncs with new updates (since 3 days ago). Thanks for asking.
The ability to request a general sync/check of all files would be a good feature to add to Dropbox in the future.
druffolo
2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
I guess an extreme solution might be to uninstall Dropbox on my home computer and delete all files from Dropbox-syncing folders, and then reinstalling Dropbox so it downloads all the files again, including the files from those two months.
- Walter2 years ago
Dropbox Community Moderator
Could you give that a go and let us know how it goes then druffolo?
- druffolo2 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Are there any less drastic/time consuming solutions?
- Mark2 years ago
Super User II
A reinstall of Dropbox over the top should just resync everything - www.dropbox.com/downloading
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