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If I drag a folder to Dropbox, will only the new changes in the folder update to the cloud?
Hi,
If I have done changes in a folder in my computer, can I drag the whole folder to Dropbox and will only the new and changed files be updated to the cloud?
Best
beche
Daphne
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi Bengt B.1, I hope you're having a good start to your week so far!
Just to make sure we're on the same page, can you let me know if you would be dragging this folder into the local Dropbox folder, or the Dropbox website?
Also, from what you've mentioned, an older version of this folder already exists in your Dropbox account, correct?
Keep me posted!
Hi Daphne,
I am trying both ways, it seems it is better to upload big files via Safari but it is also a bit puzzling that that web upload ignores some files, notably aliases (which I think are useful even if they don't link correctly as at least you know there is a file somewhere that you can search for) and files that are libraries for iTunes for example. Also if a folder contains a Logic project file it will not mark it with a cloud but only with a v that I suppose means done.
Say I have a 1 GB folder uploaded as online only. If I have it on my computer or a hard disc as well and I have changed some things on it then I don't understand what happens if I choose to upload the whole folder again, will it change only the updated or added files or will it upload everything again unneccesarily?
- Daphne
Thanks for getting back to me here Bengt B.1!
I'm thinking that perhaps the alias shortcuts are not being uploaded due to it not being an actual file, and just a link.
Would you mind sending me a screenshot of the icon that you mentioned seeing next to the Logic project files with the "v"?
Also, if you drag the content of one folder to another on your computer, the OS should offer an option to replace/overwrite any files that have changed made to them and skip any that are the same.
However, can you clarify for me, does the version of the folder you're editing have a local copy of all the files within? Or do you perhaps only have the files there that you edit on your computer?
Since the folder in Dropbox has the files 'online only' (and this is only a placeholder for the actual file), if you replace them with local copies then the app would probably resync the whole folder.
Let me know!
Yes, it might be the lack of content in aliases that makes them not upload.
Yes but if I drag files to the folder in Safari and not in finder it doesn't tell me if it will only update with newer files or if they do all of them.
I'm trying to keep these particular files non-local for reasons of storage space on the computer. I want to be able to see what files I have and to get them if I need them. So, no local copy.
Here is one screen shot where you see the Logic file that refuses to be online only, or at least it doesn't have the cloud-sign. This is the case with several Logic files, but there are also older ones that are online only with the cloud sign.
Best
beche
