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ReadyNAS file dates changed when backed up to DropBox
I recently used the ReadyNas app to back up to Drop box. Iit has now changed ALL dates on ALL files to the backup date. This is a disaster of epic proportions. 10 years of project and design files now have he same dates.
HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN? There was no warning in any of the documentation I read.
My hands are shaking, this is such an issue. Is there any way to recover original file dates?
As I said above this should be fixed by the Dropbox update in 6.7.0. It's not going to retroactively undo any damage to timestamps from running the old version though.
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Hi Russg53
Did you modify some files on NAS , then all files are synchronized again？
This problem should be fixed by the Dropbox update in ReadyNAS OS 6.7.0 which is now available!
As for recovering the timestamps now that you've run into the problem I'm not sure if that's possible. Did you have snapshots of the Dropbox share?
No, I do not.
This is my biggest disaster in working with computers since 1979. I made an assumption I should have been too smart to make.
Thanks for trying.
Apparently. I can see where a modified file would have the modified date (not creation date) changed, but why ALL of the thousands of files have their dates changed is unfathomable. It's like they were touched but it changed creation dates as well. I would stay away from any ReadyNAS cloud share.
As I said above this should be fixed by the Dropbox update in 6.7.0. It's not going to retroactively undo any damage to timestamps from running the old version though.
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