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Re: Duplicating files locks the file name (Mac Desktop App)

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Duplicating files locks the file name (Mac Desktop App)

MissDylan
Helpful | Level 6
‎07-05-2023 09:03 AM
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Since updating to Ventura 13.4.1 whenever I duplicate a file, I'm unable to change the name of the file. I can open it and make edits, and I can edit the original file's name, but not the duplicate. When I duplicate to local files, the issue doesn't persist. When I duplicate to dropbox, it won't let me move the file to local.

 

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TrickyD
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‎12-01-2023 10:31 AM
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I have exactly , the same problem - and it can lead to data loss , if you duplicate a word doc for example , you can't rename the copy in Finder , but Word will let you do a save as to a new name and word is happy its been saved , but it hasn't the new name will show as 0 bytes, so if you delete the copy you have no version on disk.

Dropbox just seems to be badly broken on Macos now - GoogleDrive and MS OneDrive on the same machine have no such issues but they still support removable disks - the removal of that  was when the problems started for me, so I'm migrating my files over to GoogleDrive and OneDrive and ending my dropbox subscription

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