Using Dropbox
Oct 6, 2015 19:18:41 #
sherwinc
Loc: SE Idaho
oldtigger wrote:
if you remove a file from drop box, does it remove only the file in the drop box folders or does it remove the file from all your folders, drop box and/or otherwise?
We use DB for cloud storage in a Humanitarian Org where we have multiple users. We have had some near misses. If someone deletes or corrupts a file somehow, that deletion/corruption will propagate throughout, so you need to have backup! On one occasion we were only saved by finding one synced machine that happened to be turned off at the time and was thus unaffected by the deletion. We then learned what we should have already known that we should backup all important files/photos outside of the synced folders, even separately on a non synced backup computer. In such a multi user setup like this, you be vulnerable unless you keep copies outside of the synced folders.
Oct 7, 2015 05:50:00 #
oldtigger wrote:
gotta make sure i understand this correctly:
if i delete a file called "horse" from my drop box, then every file on my computer called "horse" will be deleted no matter how many folders/locations i might have placed copies in?
if i delete a file called "horse" from my drop box, then every file on my computer called "horse" will be deleted no matter how many folders/locations i might have placed copies in?
I have been using it for a couple of years love it. If you remove the file called horse from your dropbox folder and you have dropbox installed on tablets or smartphones horse is removed from all the drop box folders. Only that nothing more.
Oct 7, 2015 07:34:56 #
JeffT
Loc: Central NY
Something to note about file deletion on Dropbox. You can go to the DB web interface and restore recently deleted items from the trash. Useful if you inadvertently delete a file.
Oct 7, 2015 08:12:54 #
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