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Dyonysios
Explorer | Level 4
4 years ago
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Local or Cloud which has priority?

Hello,   Newbie here, I searched for quite a while but can't seem to find an answer. I have created a Dropbox account and downloaded the app to my work PC and my laptop.  I understand in the basi...
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  • Здравко's avatar
    Здравко
    4 years ago
    Dyonysios wrote:

    ... What will Dropbox do? Match the cloud to what is on my laptop or match my laptop to what is in the cloud? ...

    Hi Dyonysios,

    The correct answer is the files on your laptop that differ will get updated to what's on cloud (cloud files are newer in particular case). I believe based on this, you can deduce for the rest. 😉

    Hope this helps.

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Здравко
Legendary | Level 20
4 years ago
Dyonysios wrote:

... What will Dropbox do? Match the cloud to what is on my laptop or match my laptop to what is in the cloud? ...

Hi Dyonysios,

The correct answer is the files on your laptop that differ will get updated to what's on cloud (cloud files are newer in particular case). I believe based on this, you can deduce for the rest. 😉

Hope this helps.

  • Dyonysios's avatar
    Dyonysios
    Explorer | Level 4
    4 years ago

    Hi Здравко

    Thanks for replying. If I understood you correctly you're saying it will look for the most recent changes and treat those as final. This makes some sense. Thanks

     
    • Jay's avatar
      Jay
      Icon for Dropbox Community Moderator rankDropbox Community Moderator
      4 years ago

      Hi Dyonysios, the way the syncing process works is that the app detects if there are any changes on the site when compared to the machine, and vice versa. It then syncs the changes to and from the site and machine. 

       

      If you have any more queries, feel free to message back!

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