[OS X TeX] Disaster

[Markus Klyver]

I have had some troubles with corrupted files with Dropbox. It seems like Dropbox like to mess things up when you compile stuff. It really don't like that.
Best Regards,Markus

> From: goldenberg at biology.utah.edu
> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 14:17:19 -0600
> To: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster
> 
> I have used Dropbox extensively for the past three years, for LaTeX and other things, and have never had any trouble with it.  Maybe I have just been lucky?
> 
> David
> 
> > 
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:21:13 -0400
> > From: George Gratzer <gratzer at me.com>
> > To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> > Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster
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> > 
> > Interesting.
> > 
> > GG
> > 
> > 
> >> On Aug 22, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Markus Klyver <markusklyver at hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> 
> >> I would personally highly recommend Overleaf for (La)TeX thesis/essays. Dropbox is known to not work very well for that purpose.
> >> 
> >> Best Regards,
> >> Markus
> >> 
> >>> From: gratzer at me.com
> >>> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:23:02 -0400
> >>> To: macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu
> >>> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster
> >>> 
> >>> Dick,
> >>> 
> >>> This was traumatic, but problems solved.
> >>> 
> >>> On the MacBook Air, somehow it did not read in the definition of \MathOrText,
> >>> causing hundreds of mistakes. I eliminated all, this problem is fixed.
> >>> 
> >>> Independently, the source file was corrupted, a big chunk replicated itself.
> >>> I have never seen anything like this before.
> >>> 
> >>> Coincidence, but who believes in coincidences? Two computers, same time.
> >>> 
> >>>> Do you use automatic saving?
> >>> 
> >>> I do not know. Is this something I set?
> >>> 
> >>> I have used Dropbox for many years, have never had problems before. 
> >>> It?s great for safety and for synchronizing work on more than one computer.
> >>> 
> >>> Dropbox also takes care of my photos, 237 GB-s!
> >>> 
> >>> Thanks for all the help offered.
> >>> 
> >>> George
> >>> 
> >>> 
> >>>> On Aug 22, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Richard Koch <koch at uoregon.edu> wrote:
> >>>> 
> >>>> George,
> >>>> 
> >>>> Do you use automatic saving?
> >>>> Try retreating to a previous version of your source. I?d be tempted to
> >>>> put that previous version in a blank folder, so aux and other temporary files have
> >>>> to be recreated.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I don?t have direct knowledge of Dropbox-TeX interaction, but using two pieces
> >>>> of third party software, each of which can save at any moment behind your back,
> >>>> feels sort of scary.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Dick Koch
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
> >>>> 
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