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.
Example:
User creates a file named "foo/bar?.txt" in MacOS (? is an invalid character in windows). Under windows the file will not download and the folder appears to be empty. The user can try to m...
I couldn't think of a better subject line, but just that. If I, on a Mac, name a file with a / or ", etc., it simply won't show up for people using the Dropbox app on a Windows machine. There's no warning or anything on my end, and since the file's not viewable for the Windows person, it causes a LOT of confusion. Maybe just rename it to something compatible with Windows? Or give a warning on Mac? Not sure what the solution is, but we at least need visibility, because this happens all the time, and people don't remember the Windows non-compatible characters.