Brian made changes to a shared folder that synced with the Dropbox cloud, and deleted all those files from the team’s account. If you’re thinking that he shouldn’t have deleted anything, you’d be right.
“What a waste of space!,” he thought, and started deleting. There were so many files that Brian didn’t need, so why keep them on his computer? He didn’t want his computer to run slowly. As you can imagine, the size of the team’s Dropbox account was quite large for such a big project. The next day, he noticed that the Dropbox folder was full of files he didn’t recognize, and when he took a closer look, he realized that the computer had been running slow because it has synced all the files his team members were working on onto his computer. It was a pretty new computer, so he thought it a bit strange. After a while, he noticed that his computer was running a bit slowly. He would be working with a team of other consultants, all responsible for different parts of the project. The team had decided to a set up a Dropbox for Business account to store and share all their files because many of the consultants worked in different locations, and as such needed to collaborate in real time.īrian was eager to get started, so he accepted the team’s invite to share the folder, and proceeded to install the Dropbox app on his computer. Read on, friend…īrian was hired as an independent contractor by a large corporation to help manage a project for a very important client. What’s the difference, really? and why must you know the difference? I have an acquaintance whose story I have decided to share with all of you because it’s a lesson for all of us in digital file management, and what can easily go wrong when you don’t pay attention. For this third post in my series on Backup Basics, I’m tackling the issue of syncing vs.
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