All my files have synced flawlessly for over a year and at the office it's used a lot.
It is possible to mess up if your date/time is off by a lot but that's not a dropbox issue.
Bob
Has anyone had issues with dropbox losing updates? I have a file that was updated regularly with no problems beginning in June - - last updated end of November and when opened in December the file showed no updates at all. Had original version date of May (when it first went into dropbox.) Since it showed no activity, it had no previous version.
The last updates were well within the retention window.
Haven't yet heard back from DB but looking to see if this is something anyone has had an issue with.

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