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Re: Trouble getting dropbox to work... - M A V I C - 10-03-2012
clay wrote: Dropbox does not purport to be anything except a synchronization service/tool. In the same way that a file is updated across all devices when you save it, it should be removed from all devices when you delete it from one of them. The moment it ceases to do that, it could no longer be viewed as a synchronization tool.
Dropbox does offer an "undelete" option through the web interface that allows you to go back 30 days in the free version (I believe that's the correct time period) to restore a deleted file.
If you tell it to stop syncing, it shouldn't delete the files - it should just stop syncing. And just because the files are removed from their server, doesn't mean I want the local ones removed.