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What to do with conflicted copies?
Our office has two desktop computers. Both of them access the same Dropbox. No mobile devices or other computers are involved.
In the Dropbox there is a database.
The database is _never_ used fro...
Åke E. wrote:
We are also confused because "conflicted copies" should not appear unless two people worked on the database at the same time. So why does this happen?
A conflicted copy occurs when a file has been changed from multiple locations. Something has to have the file open in multiple locations for the conflict to occur. A file doesn't necessarily need to change for a conflict to occur. Simply opening it can cause it, especially in Microsoft products which modify a file simply by opening it, even if you don't save it.
The only way to know which one contains the correct data is to open both and compare them. Also note that it's not recommended to use database files within Dropbox specifically for this very reason.
It seems from my experience that this can happen even with the program open only on one computer if you don't allow Dropbox to sync completely before closing the program on your computer (or shutting your computer down). I use dropbox for a large inventory Excel sheet, and if I hit save, get distracted and start shutting things down before checking whether it has finished syncing, I'll end up with a conflicted file next time I access it.
