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SB96
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Entire Dropbox duplicated with ·_ preceding the duplicate; Needing to delete all the ·_ duplicates
I recently had my computor worked on and when I reconnected it to Dropbox all my files, in all Dropbox accounts I am involved with and linked to duplicated every file with ·_ preceding the duplicate....
- 4 years ago
SB96 wrote:
... all my files, in all Dropbox accounts I am involved with and linked to duplicated every file with ·_ preceding the duplicate.
They're neither duplicate nor corrupt files. They're AppleDouble files, and they're created by a Mac when files are stored on a non-HFS drive partition. The Mac operating system uses them to store the resource fork of files stored on filesystems that don't natively support it.
Are you on a Mac? If so, you may not want to delete them just yet, at least not until you're certain how they were created and whether or not your OS needs them. The ._ files are usually hidden on a Mac as they're considered system files. On Windows they're visible and don't serve a purpose.
If you're on Windows, just search within your local Dropbox folder for ._ and delete them all.
Rich
Super User II
SB96 wrote:
... all my files, in all Dropbox accounts I am involved with and linked to duplicated every file with ·_ preceding the duplicate.
They're neither duplicate nor corrupt files. They're AppleDouble files, and they're created by a Mac when files are stored on a non-HFS drive partition. The Mac operating system uses them to store the resource fork of files stored on filesystems that don't natively support it.
Are you on a Mac? If so, you may not want to delete them just yet, at least not until you're certain how they were created and whether or not your OS needs them. The ._ files are usually hidden on a Mac as they're considered system files. On Windows they're visible and don't serve a purpose.
If you're on Windows, just search within your local Dropbox folder for ._ and delete them all.
SB96
4 years agoNew member | Level 2
Thank you Rich! This is a Windows machine and it took some doing as it didn't seem that windows recognized my search for *·_* only coming up with a few files, like 70 some when we had multiple thousands. Downloaded another search tool and was able to bring 3,100+ files together, select and delete! All is well and thank you for the help
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