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iPad mdwriter app created multiple file copies when Dropbox was offline
I was working offline in mdwriter (simple markdown editor) on Dropbox files while in airplane mode. I went back into normal mode when inside a corporate network wifi where apparently Dropbox is blocked. The Editor showed errors syncing the files that I had modified and also created 2-3 copies of each of them. Question: can Dropbox present itself as „offline“ if a firewall does not permit it to sync normally? Anyone know what is happening here? In the Dropbox the files were showing as 2 weeks old (last time I modified them), so the editor did not / could not modify them in Dropbox (but tried to, and when failing, saved copies, I assume).
Later when I disabled the wifi and used cellular data, all of the copies synced & showed up in Dropbox correctly. The original 2 modified files are still not modified in Dropbox and the editor can‘t seem to save them.
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The only way to get out of this:
- log out of dropbox
- mdwriter complains that you have to log in again
- log in to Dropbox (app)
- mdwriter still complains about having to log in
- reboot
- everything works
…but some edits are lost. I think that the initial edit after being online is saved, but subsequent edits are not I switch filed a lot to work on different .md documents at once.
P.S. Also, you might want to switch to local icons. Using the forums from an apple device is not easy with remote fonts being blocked for tracking reasons…
- Walter
Dropbox Community Moderator
Thanks for keeping us on the loop on this and sharing your findings with the Community autologout
Let us know if you have anything else to add and have a lovely week ahead!
