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Originally Posted by DMcCunney
Consider what "Sync" means. It means that you want the same contents in the folders being synced. This means that if you add stuff locally, it gets added to the online folders when you Sync, but if you delete stuff locally, it gets deleted in the online folders when you Sync, too.
It seems like what you want in the online folders is essentially a backup of what you have locally. If you have an "Oops!" moment and delete something you shouldn't have, or make a change to a local copy you decide you need to revert and can only do that by going back to an earlier version, you have an earlier version available.
If having a backup you can restore from is a goal, Sync is arguably not the way you do it.
Computers don't yet have a "Do what I mean" function. They do what you say, and it's on you to make sure what you say is what you mean.
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Dennis
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Thanks Dennis. You're right. I do need a backup. Thing is I almost got weirded out like my Copy folder was NOT on my computer. It's on my computer but it's also in the Copy cloud and synced to the other computer. So if I had no Copy or syncing and I accidentally deleted a file I'd be pretty much screwed. With what I have now if I delete a file accidentally I at least have the 30 day retrieval period from my account at Copy.com in a browser.
So I'm actually ahead of the game (from where I was anyway).
So basically I've got a huge (11 GB) Copy (the synced thing) folder on each of my two computers. What would be a good (and simple) way to back up such a situation?