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I regularly notice following behavior when synchronizing files with client-server software, especially with .txt files.

  1. Mac computers A and B contain an up-to-date version N of a file file.txt.
  2. I edit the file on computer A, then synchronize its version N+1 with the server.
  3. I synchronize computer B with the server, so version N+1 of the file is downloaded.
  4. I open file.txt on computer B (using Command–Space bar to locate the file in Spotlight). However, it opens the version N of the file before synchronization.
  5. Closing this file and repeating step 4 now opens the correct version N+1 of the file.

The problem with this is that if you do not notice at step 4 that you're not seeing the last version of the file and start modifying, you create a conflict.

Is this behavior caused by Mac (Finder/TextEdit)? How to avoid it?

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    Which client-server software? Commented Mar 3 at 16:50
  • Nextcloud and maybe also ownCloud. Commented Mar 5 at 22:16

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