[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by pdurrant

The dropbox software running on your work computer notices that the file has been modified, and uploads it to the dropbox servers.

Then on your home computer, the dropbox software notices that the modification date of the version on the dropbox servers is more recent than the modification date of the file on the home computer, and so downloads it from dropbox and replaces the older version.

And vice-versa, of course, if you modify the file on your home computer.

Thanks pdurrant for the simple and understandable explanation. (I have read many explanations that muddle things.) I get it now. Appreciate it very much.

Originally Posted by cromag

Yep, that covers it.

I'll add a slightly different take, as I do all of my sync'ing among three computers at home.

I almost never use my desktop computer, upstairs, for writing. But I do use it to track which stories are in progress, and what I've done with the finished ones. I always have the latest version, even on the desktop computer.

Thanks cromag. Yeah, it'll be nice to have the current file to look at even if it's not going to be modified on that computer.

Originally Posted by crich70

You can also change the settings so that after you upload a file you can delete it from your local computer and yet retain it in your drop box (or sugar sync etc) account. It is still accessible though and you can always resync your local computer so as to re-download the file later if you want.

Thanks crich. I hear what you're saying but would what you're saying involve syncing? It seems to me this is what I can do just uploading a file to Google Drive. I upload it. I delete it from my computer. It's still up there and I can download it. How does syncinig and resyning figure into it?

Originally Posted by VydorScope

The only thing I would add is that if DropBox can't tell which file is the correct one, it will not overwrite, instead it will make a new copy and add "(Conflicted Copy - Gregg Bell - 04-28-2014-4-00-am)" or something like that to the name. Then it is up to the human involved to make the call which file to keep. Delete the wrong one, and keep the good one.

Thanks Vincent. That sounds like a great feature. Now do you happen to know if Copy.com has that feature too?