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ReSync after time machine restore, doesn't make any sense.
This is the scenario:
Dropbox is up to date, the local folder is identical to the remote folder. You perform a time machine backup, and restore to a new disk.
What happens is after restore Dropbox asks for user / pass as it was not installed and then starts resyncing all the thousands of files. What's the sense of this?? Shouldn't it just be aware that nothing has changed and live with that?
- You've missed a step between 5 and 6. Before it sync's it index's the files (THIS is what takes the time usually).
At this point, no, it will know that there is a difference in the data between what is on your machine and what is in the cloud. It will then download the 'newest' versions of the updated files as needed.
However, even if it doesnt you can still rollback the file online within 30 days - if for example something else also went wrong.... maybe for some unknown reason that file was also corrupted on your local machine before it went flying out of the window :)
- Rich
Super User II
Chris N. wrote:
Shouldn't it just be aware that nothing has changed and live with that?
No, it shouldn't, and you've just explained why.
What happens is after restore Dropbox asks for user / pass as it was not installed and then starts resyncing all the thousands of files.Dropbox has a local database that it uses to keep track of all your files. When your files are indexed, this database gets populated. If you uninstall and resinstall Dropbox, or if this database otherwise becomes corrupted or deleted for whatever reason, Dropbox needs to index your files to rebuild the database.
Typically, a re-index is very quick when the database is already populated, as it's only comparing your files with what it already has indexed, but when that index doesn't exist, it takes more time to rebuild it.
Well, the DB should be there as it was just backupped to Time Machine
- RichThen either Time Machine didn't back it up properly, or it wasn't able to restore Dropbox in a working state. You yourself stated that Dropbox prompted you to connect to an account. If that's the case, then Dropbox didn't have all the needed files to work correctly, and initiated the re-connection. At this point, the database would be rebuilt.
Simply put, the problem here isn't with Dropbox, but with the process being used to backup/restore it. Dropbox is working as intended.
