Dealing with Sync Conflicts Effectively

I've been running into sync conflicts a lot lately with Dropbox and OneDrive. Files get duplicated or overwritten, and it's a nightmare to sort out. Does anyone have a systematic approach to resolve these conflicts without losing data?

First, make sure you have versioning enabled on your cloud service. That way you can always roll back to a previous version if a conflict occurs.

Second, try to work on files in a single device at a time when possible. If you need to edit on multiple devices, use a naming convention like filename_device.ext and merge later.

• Identify the conflicting files (usually have .sync-conflict- in the name).
• Open both versions side by side.
• Manually merge changes, ensuring no data loss.
• Save the merged file with the original name.
• Delete the duplicate/conflict files.

For power users, I recommend using git for documents that change frequently. Treat the repo as the source of truth and push/pull as needed. It eliminates ambiguous conflicts.