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Corrupt Files when moving files from folder to folder (iPhone images saved with ".")
Using windows 11, I manage my drobox files in my windows folders with dropbox app installed. I drag and drop all "2023" or all "2022" files to a respectively named folder, however because these images are iphone images they contain a "." in the name, and this "." has caused some files to corrupt when moving to a folder. As I was bulk moving the files, I did not look into the folder until a month or so later to go and edit, this is when I saw the problem, 2.5k files corrupted, either as a UFO symbol or as a PDF, and because this action happened more than 30 days ago I can not restore the previous version of the files 😞 I am very confused as to how this as happened, surely there would be a warning system in place for the "."? Does anyone have any way to restore these files?>
Restored a previous version of a file and it won't open on my Mac unless I edit and save it first
I have a file on my Dropbox desktop. I go to Dropbox.com and restore a previous version of that file. When I attempt to open it from the menu bar on my Mac, where it shows the status of files that are synced up, it does not open. Instead it states this message, "Couldn't open file. Try again later." I have inserted a screenshot for clarity. This problem gets resolved when I open the file from where its located on my actual desktop and edit the file and save it, then the problem disappears. The problem does not get resolved, by just opening the file, you have to make some edit and save the file, then only can I open the file from the menu bar. This problem only occurs when I restore a previous version of a file from the web. Has anyone encountered this problem? [Removed as per Community Guidelines]Search in file name vs file contents
The Dropbox search feature searches both the filenames and also the file contents, and then randomly combines the results, thereby rendering the final results unusable for many purposes. This is the same serious issue that petholla mentioned in the original thread from 2019, and it still needs to be fixed after all these years: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/View-download-and-export/Search-in-filename-only/td-p/353242 https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Delete-edit-and-organize/Search-in-filename-only-REDUX/m-p/722581
