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It sounds like you don't quite understand how Dropbox is supposed to work - it replicates whatever you have locally to the cloud and back down to your other mac
by djrogers 14y ago
It sounds like you don't quite understand how Dropbox is supposed to work - it replicates whatever you have locally to the cloud and back down to your other machines. Obviously with a design like that, deleting files from your local dropbox would delete them from other machines.
This isn't a case of dropbox losing your files, it's a case of you not understanding how the tool was designed and how it works.
- piyush_soni 14y agoMany sync software offer multiple types of sync (e.g. MS SyncToy), and many are extremely cautious before deleting multiple files. Dropbox didn't do that. Yes, I failed to totally understand how did it work, as I deleted one of the root level folders and expected it'd not sync a folder which is not there on the local machine, but one of the duties of software is to prevent or try to reduce common human errors.
- Dylan16807 14y agoDropbox is way simpler than that. It syncs precisely one folder. There is really no way for it to not sync file deletions without making a massive clutter.