Ed, Just yesterday I wanted to move several video files from the Mac at the office to Dropbox. The folder was a little over a gig. I started about 4:00, when I left at 5:00 the dialogue was saying it was still more than an hr. before the files would be done.
John On Mar 29, 2014, at 4:54 AM, Eugene Wiser (ConAgra Foods) <[email protected]> wrote: > The only issue I have with dropbox is slow uploads. I have found bellsouth > uploads to dropbox kills my internet connection. So I only do syncing early > in the morning when I leave for work at 4am and my wife will not use the > internet for a few hours then. Anyone else have issues with syncing large > files such > as 850mg video files. I do editing of video for clients. > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Larson > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 7:49 PM > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] files missing from drop box > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:25 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > > I knew I shouldn't have said anything the other day. A few minutes ago I went > to dropbox to update a file and discovered a bunch of my files are no longer > there. Unbelievable. Fortunately I have Time Machine and the files are there. > I understand now why dropbox also keeps copies of the files on my hardrive. > > I have been heavily using DropBox for years, and have never noticed a lost > file. In fact, I feel safer with a file in DropBox than nearly anywhere else > because as soon as I put a file in the DropBox directory on any of my > machines, it get's magically duplicated on the DropBox site and then on three > more of my own machines also running DropBox. Five copies should be enough. > > If a file is accidentally deleted you can recover it for as long as 30 days. > Here's how to do it. > <https://www.dropbox.com/help/296/en> > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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