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Weird discrepancies between Dropboxes
I've been trying to do something relatively simple: update Dropbox so that I have a file I can work from on two devices.
Nope. Not simple at all.
The file I want to be available is a Scrivener project. It backs up to Dropbox. I recently changed the name of the project so that I could find it more easily. I also tagged the correct backup folder. Now, when I open the backup folder through Scrivener, I find my project there with its new name, in an orange-tagged folder. When I open Dropbox from Finder, or from the desktop app, the folder is not tagged, and the folder does not contain my renamed project but only has the old file. Screenshots attached. The folder in question is Scrivener FISH working_bak and the renamed Scrivener project is Scrivener RHVG Fish working_bak
I uninstalled and reinstalled the desktop app yesterday and it says all files are up to date.
Advice please, I am stumped.
IMac OS 10.13.6
- Mark
Super User II
Hi anglichanks
Thanks for the images they do help.
What I think you have done is you have renamed the backup on your computer on in its original folder but not then put it into Dropbox. There is no link on your computer between these two folders. You need to manually move the files from Scrinver in to Dropbox OR tell Scrinver to save in to the Dropbox directory.
Thanks. I had changed the backup destination address in Scrivener before posting to that Dropbox folder, so I had uploaded the files directly (if that's what you mean) but the discrepancy is still there.
- Mark
That means the issue isnt with Dropbox then - Dropbox can only sync between Dropbox folders on different devices.
Dropbox has no way of moving the files from the old location to the new one. You'll need to do that manually.
