We're making changes to the Community, so you may have received some notifications - thanks for your patience and welcome back. Learn more here.
Forum Discussion
Conflicted Copy different scenario without a solution
I've recently moved away from One Drive (there are some serious privacy concerns with it in my opinion) and I'm trying get around the Dropbox Conflicted Copy "problem". Dropbox creates a CC file wher...
Jay
Dropbox Staff
Dropbox StaffHi daylef, in general and as Mark said, we recommend that people do not sync live databases with Dropbox. Most databases have remote access methods anyway, so you don't need to sync the live database. You can sync saved snapshots, however, with no issues.
That said, you can use Dropbox to share the data, but you need to take great care and understand how file syncing works.
Most programs create a "file lock" on any file that they are using, and this lock will prevent Dropbox from syncing the file. In some cases you must fully quit the application before Dropbox can sync the data. You must then make sure Dropbox has finished syncing before trying to access the file from any computer.
If you are sharing the data between computers you must NOT run the application on more than one computer at a time. You will generate file conflicts and other problems.
Thus, the pattern needs to be:
- Let files sync
- Start application
- Save files
- Quit application
- Repeat on different computers.
If you have any further queries, feel free to message back.
