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anglichanks
Explorer | Level 3
2 years ago

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 Scrivene...
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anglichanks
Explorer | Level 3

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.

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Mark
Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
2 years ago

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. 

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    anglichanks
    Explorer | Level 3
    2 years ago

    Sorry if I'm being dense, but I haven't changed the destination, just renamed the project. The project (or file, "project" is Scrivener terminology) is being backed-up directly into Dropbox, as it always has been with no issues before now. So Dropbox should update to show the latest file name, and then sync to other Dropbox folders. And it's not doing that. Or am I misunderstanding you?

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      Mark
      Icon for Super User II rankSuper User II
      2 years ago

      Are those images from 2 different machines?  If so they should be syncing. 

       

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        anglichanks
        Explorer | Level 3
        2 years ago
        Same machine. IMac.

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