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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by pedro2 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @12:41AM (#25772549)
Yes but latest Insync adds xml suffix to files with xml contents. To keep feature parity to Google Drive Web downloads, they say. Duh! :(
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by benhurmarcel on Thursday January 14, 2021 @05:10AM (#25774538)
Do you have a source explaining the issue a bit more? I haven't found anything and don't exactly understand what you mean.
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by pedro2 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:08AM (#25774958)
Yes but it is by me :) https://forums.insynchq.com/t/extension-added-to-files-based...
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by benhurmarcel on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:40AM (#25775198)
It must be specific to Windows. I can't reproduce it on Linux.
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by pedro2 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @10:40AM (#25777634)
wtf? Can you comment on the Insync Forums thread please?

Thank you!

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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by benhurmarcel on Thursday January 14, 2021 @11:52AM (#25778671)
Ok, I spoke too fast. It does add the extension but only if it gets modified/moved from Google Drive. If you just sync from your PC it stays as is.

That's a problem indeed.

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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by pedro2 on Friday January 15, 2021 @07:11AM (#25789970)
Yup. That must have been how I triggered it -- I moved main folder around.
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Re:Dropbox to cut 11% of its global workforce by benhurmarcel on Friday January 15, 2021 @08:00AM (#25790433)
For the record, I tried with Google Drive File Stream, and it doesn't do that. So that's on Insync, not Google Drive.
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