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ImageOptim / ImageOptim

GUI image optimizer for Mac
https://imageoptim.com/mac
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Images disappearing after compression while resident in Dropbox after update #432

Closed BlackSheep42 closed 8 months ago

BlackSheep42 commented 8 months ago

If I optimise several files in one go one, two or maybe three will vanish from the folder containing the original files after the optimisation has finished. The files are not being deleted, they are actually being renamed with a full stop "." in front of the original file name which causes them to disappear from the standard MacOS system view. If you press press Command + Shift + . you can view them.

This only seems to occur when files are optimised while resident in the latest version of Dropbox (compliant with Apple's updated File Provider API) and not locally on my Mac. In the older version I had no such issue.

I have reported this to Dropbox as well but I'm still waiting for a reply. I've also commented on this in another post reporting a similar problem https://github.com/ImageOptim/ImageOptim/issues/421 but it has been closed without any resolution.

I am running MacOS Ventura 13.6 and ImageOptim 1.8.8

kornelski commented 8 months ago

Did the beta build solve the issue for you?

BlackSheep42 commented 8 months ago

I've just download the Beta. Will give it a try and let you know. Thanks.

BlackSheep42 commented 8 months ago

So far, zero errors with the Beta!

kornelski commented 8 months ago

Dropbox is detected by either presence of /Dropbox/ in the path, or .dropbox hidden file. I suspect that subfoders in Dropbox folders that were renamed to something else may not be getting the workaround, so be careful about these.

Anyway, it's kinda scary that a tool for storing files can just lose files when they're renamed and replaced quickly enough.