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Two Dropbox folders after migration from old Mac to new
A couple of days after I did my migration I noticed on the new Mac there are two dropbox folders, the one that should be syncing with my other devices is called “DropBox personal” however, after the ...
Walter
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Dropbox Community ModeratorDoes the modification date change after performing a syncing process perhaps, Paul?
For example, does this happen when setting your files or folders to be available offline or online-only perhaps?
I don't have the dates in front of me, but at a certain point, I made sure to set the preference to make files available off-line and syncing happens dynamically. Several dozen inactive folders they got bulk changed to the same date all have the checkbox within a white circle, which on the help page is described this way "A circle with a green border and a green checkmark means that a file was opened (directly or with a third-party application) and synced." Which I really don't understand because the only way I work with any of these folders is on my new MacBook and I want them all to be local and available off-line so I'm not sure why any of them should be anything other than "A solid green circle with a white checkmark means your file is synced and available offline."
| A solid green circle with a white checkmark means your file is synced and available offline. |
- Walter
In that case, have you tried setting them all of your files to be available offline and see if the issue with the modification dates crops up again, Paul?
Setting all of my files to be available offline was something I did already. And thought it was a blanket preference that should've affected everything in the folder, so I'm not sure I follow your suggestion.
- Jay
In general, the modification dates of folders vary, according to this section of the article my colleague posted.
Currently, there isn't a method to keep the modification date of folders the same across all devices.
I'm in transit and will post screen grabs to illustrate. I'm talking about if I'm able to. To attach an image am I required to put in any more information other than the directory path? Last time I tried that did not seem to do the trick. (I wish I could do dragon drop or there's a button, like most other platforms to target a file in a directory)
