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Editorial Dropbox Sync Delay
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Anyone else experiencing this?
When I open a Dropbox-resident file to edit, Editorial goes through an invisible process of syncing with the Dropbox repo. Consequently, IF I begin to type before the "dropbox synced" screen message (which is all to brief, unfortunately!!) I end up generating a conflicted sync doc.Sadly, the more I use Editorial to access my (Taskpaper) Dropbox files, the higher the occurrence of these annoying conflict docs which I then have to manually weed through for individual additions, and then delete.
Any experiences/solutions to share? Thanks!
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i also frequently get conflicting files that im modifying. even for simple things like adding a line at the top of the file. you'd think dropbox should be able to consolidate those changes.
yeah idk why it's happening.
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yeah i think what's happening is that it's modifying the old version of the file (since youre writing to the current state before it refreshes), and then once it downloads the remote file, it realizes its different so there's a conflicting file generated rather than just resolving the generally trivial merge conflict (if its just adding text at the top).
this problem is exacerbate when using scripts since appending by workflow script will work without waiting for a dropbox sync completion, thereby guaranteeing failure and a generated conflicted file.
anyone know how to make workflows wait for a dropbox sync?
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Yes exactly. Thanks for your reply; I’d forgotten about this post. Over the past months, i’d been using Editorial less and less - a shame because it’s powerful and elegant, but the sync issue is a dealbreaker especially for the purpose I have, which is rapid-fire additions to my ToDo.taskpaper.
The issue looks to be Dropbox-centric, in that refreshes are not taking place until Editorial launches.
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My forward options are 2-fold:-
Move to Taskmator- which I find not-as-good, but it uses iCloud sync - which DOES allow b/ground syncing. Am testing this option out now in fact.
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Use a different app for my rapid-fire appends — for example, Reminders or Notes - and manually (or using scripts) copy those new items into my ToDo.taskpaper.
In the meantime, suggestions are welcome!
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To check the progress of syncing files on the Dropbox desktop app, right-click the Dropbox icon in the system tray or menu bar. You can also monitor the transfer speed, the number of files remaining, and the estimated time until completion myprepaidcenter login