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> I updated the clock, Dropbox deleted all files in my Dropbox that were newer than the last time I had that machine running. While off-topic, this is a concer
by snsr 14y ago
> I updated the clock, Dropbox deleted all files in my Dropbox that were newer than the last time I had that machine running.
While off-topic, this is a concerning scenario that I hadn't considered.
- euroclydon 14y agoPrior to that, Dropbox just worked for me, but now I see it for the dangerous black box that it is. It can't be trusted as a backup solution for important files. It's only a convenient toy.
- chimeracoder 14y agoDoes it still have the symlink problem? (Creating a symlink and then deleting it would delete the original file).
- Gormo 14y agoIt's pretty bizarre if Dropbox is solely using client-side timestamps as the basis for comparison.