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My edits in the old Dropbox folder didn't sync to the new one after Dropbox update (macOS)
The previous dropbox alias folder randomly stopped syncing or could have been result of running CleanMyMac - MacPaw and it accidentally scrubbed some program files? But pretty sure it was an issue be...
Nancy
Dropbox Community Moderator
Dropbox Community ModeratorHi from me too, NateVee.
Based on what youâve said so far, I donât see another option than to manually merge everything to be honest. Since your team has already made updates and theyâve synced to your desktop app, youâll need to check the files in your old Dropbox folder and transfer your own updates to the files that are now syncing to your Dropbox account online.
As for the older file versions you mention, is the rest of your team seeing the same thing? What do you see at your Events page, or when you check the version history of these files online?
Bummer. Apart from the team folders my personal stuff is easier to sort out.
Ohhhh sh*t. Just clicked remove from dropbox Beta. That removed my old path file which was the single source of truth. Deleted. Gone completely. Sigh....
This appears to be the source of the multiple paths. I never opted in to Dropbox Beta in preferences. Brutal
This is the source of the problem.
My plan was to remove the personal folder in the new Path Dropbox. Then copy over the old path into the new dropbox. But I clicked remove from beta while perusing setting before the copy over. That overwrote and deleted the old path file and everything in it. Now what?
And now that action is overwriting ALL of those team files. Good grief. Good game Dropbox.
I've hopefully paused in time. Told team members to pause > made them the file owner > and told them rewind if needed. Then I'll have to sync back from their single source of truth on those files. Although we can assume none of my changes were ever pushed and those will have to be dealt with manually.
I went to my backup I did before trying to sort this out. Recovered the files. Appropriately named a new file "F*&! Dropbox" and moved everything over outside of the erroneous outdated sync that is being currently forced after the unfortunate "remove from Beta" click in preferences. What a nightmare.
