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Sync results under "Your Activity" show yesterday's synced files not today's.
I can see syncing occurring with the dropbox notification icon on the Mac. When I look, syncing runs. When it completes, instead of showing what was just synced, it only shows files synced the previous day under the Yesterday heading. Those synced today or moments ago ought to show up under the Today heading, but nothing ever shows there. To be clear, the recently synced files do not show up under Yesterday, either. This seems like a bug.
Because dropbox sometimes takes time to get around to syncing on the desktop, I need to be able to check if it recently synced any files. This behavior of never displaying recently synced files in the Your Activity list is disappointing.
The image was captured mid-day, less than 10 minutes after syncing a dozen files. Note that Yesterday heading shows files underneath. The Today heading shows none of the files just synced.
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Jay,
I have again replied to your email. Now that you see that it is me, can you please continue corresponding on this forum instead of using email? If there is a reason why, or a policy about this, please explain it to me here on the forum.
Waiting for you to solve this issue. I've given a way to reproduce the problem. The developers should be able to work from that.
-Robert
Jay or other Tech Support person,
Reopening the ticket gave me an email reply, so I assume you will indeed reopen the ticket.
I'll pass on a little more information. I turned on notifications for dropbox. I get a notification that states "You changed x files." If I click the notification on the Mac, I am taken to an Events webpage that indicates when all the syncs have taken place. It appears accurate. However, the dropbox dropdown at the top of the Mac screen still does not indicate in the Today category of Your Activity any sync has occurred. The error is still there. (It will show up in the Yesterday category after 24 hours.)
In the image, the screenshot time is 1:37 PM and the notification time is 5:00 PM.This image is what I receive if I click the notification. It correctly shows I changed files 4 minutes ago, files which do not show up in the dropbox Today category.I gather this can only be done through email?
