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aisb
Helpful | Level 7
3 years ago

Dropbox no longer overwriting files

A few days ago, Dropbox stopped overwriting files when I edit and re-save them. Now, every time I edit one of my files on iPad and save to Dropbox, it creates a new file ending in (1). It used to sim...
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Jay
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Hi c4l1n, before we continue via email, which which file types are you experiencing this issue with?

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c4l1n
Helpful | Level 6
2 years ago

pdf

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    Hannah
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    2 years ago

    Hey c4l1n, thanks for your reply.

     

    Since it's been a while since the last time you were having this issue, can you please confirm that you have since updated your Dropbox app to the latest version (338.2.2)? 

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