You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
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MDWSkySurvey
3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Dropbox renamed folder, no longer syncing
So I'm managing a non-profit sky survey project and have used Dropbox to sync our data to a large secondary hard drive on a Dell workstation (windows 10 pro). This has worked flawlessly for the past ...
- 3 years ago
Is it possible that you're referring to the update outlined here then MDWSkySurvey?
MDWSkySurvey
Explorer | Level 3
The secondary hard drive is an internal one.
Sometime on Saturday morning, Dropbox decided to rename the folders that our data is scripted to be saved, which threw our systems into disarray. I spent all day yesterday re-synching a new folder to the drive. It was a huge pain, and took about 8 hours to synch. everything is up to date now. Apparently, dropbox just the other day decided that no, folder names can't include parenthesis unless it's to designate an unused folder system...
Walter
3 years agoDropbox Staff
Is it possible that you're referring to the update outlined here then MDWSkySurvey?
- MDWSkySurvey3 years agoExplorer | Level 3
Yes, that would be the one.
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