tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post8917159285484860991..comments2024-03-28T18:35:54.237+09:00Comments on BigHominid's Hairy Chasms: Dropbox questionKevin Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01328790917314282058noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-16694773888544075412012-03-22T23:20:40.259+09:002012-03-22T23:20:40.259+09:00Yes, if you take a file out of a shared folder, it...Yes, if you take a file out of a shared folder, it is no longer available to the other users of that folder. Dropbox is a great tool for file sharing, but not helpful for allowing two people to work on a file at the same time. That will lead to conflicted copies of the same file.<br /><br />What you ended up doing is a good practice to incorporate into your workflow--make new copies of the files for your local computer, and work from those. You'll then have separate versions of the files that, once amended, can be renamed and placed back into the shared Dropbox folder.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12546093535874021321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5541500.post-47426899395107468412012-03-22T22:49:59.331+09:002012-03-22T22:49:59.331+09:00I'm pretty much a tyro with Dropbox too, but y...I'm pretty much a tyro with Dropbox too, but yes if you drag something out of the folder intending to copy it, you remove it. Instead, ( and here's the foggy part) you stick to the menus. I think you select what you want to download by checking the little square next to it, then find the right drop-down menu, which will have "download" as one of its options. Oh, yeah, this is Addofio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com