It depends what the files are. iCloud sync's data between IDevices also.
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Bernard Griffis <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am on my 5th Mac product but you guys are in another sphere in use and > knowledge. I read a lot of discussion about Cloud. I finally went to Find and > up pops a folder full of files. Most are multiples of the same file. Does > this make sense and is it okay to delete them? > Thank you, Bernie > > > From: Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 5:37 PM > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] files missing from drop box > > Further research shows that the folder that had missing files was inside > another folder. I have a folder called volunteer work on my main directory. > It was there but most of the files I put inside it were missing. A search > found a folder called volunteer work inside another folder. All my files seem > to be there, even the files in the volunteer folder in the main director (ie, > some files have been duplicated). > > Curiouser and curiouser. > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 28, 2014, at 17:25 , Harry Jacobson-Beyer <[email protected]> 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. > >> > >> Strange- but the files have been missing since the last backup on March > >> 21st. There are tens of files missing. Any one know what causes this??? > > > > Dropbox has a help page about missing files... > > > > https://www.dropbox.com/help/969/en > > > > ... and they claim that it cannot be a problem with Dropbox. No surprise > > there. > > > > There are a couple of things listed other than catastrophes, such as > > antivirus software or files being locked by backup software. Perhaps there > > can be a problem if a file is being edited directly in Dropbox, though this > > would defeat its purpose to a great extent. > > > > FWIW, I have so little trust of cloud stuff that everything on the cloud > > has a normal location somewhere on my hard drive. This is bad, naturally, > > because file redundancy is the straight road to insanity and frustration. > > But... at least I know I have the files safely away somewhere. > > > > Bill the redundant Bill > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MacGroup mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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