How BioBase compares versions
BioBase compares three versions of each file: the version this device last agreed on with the cloud, the file in the folder now, and the newest cloud version. A file changed on one side only moves to the other side.Files changed in both places
When sync finds a file changed on both sides, it keeps both versions. The version with the newer edit time normally stays in place. The other is saved beside it as a copy whose name ends in.conflict.
Sync usually settles this on its own. If a workspace still has files waiting on a choice, the sync strip shows Changed in both places with “Each file keeps both versions until you choose one.” For each file, choose Keep the local version or Use the cloud version. Using the cloud version saves this device’s copy beside it, with “this device” and the time added before the extension.
Deleting a file
Deleting a file on one device removes it from the newest cloud version and, at their next sync, from your other devices. BioBase removes it from those folders directly; it doesn’t go to the system trash. A device that edited the file since its last sync keeps its edited copy and backs it up again. To bring a deleted file back, use Restore to folder or Save a copy on an older version that still contains it in version history. Infera Cloud keeps the latest 30 versions per workspace and device, and files that aren’t backed up can’t be restored.When BioBase can’t read the folder
If BioBase can’t read the whole folder, for example because its drive is disconnected, it changes nothing: “BioBase could not read every file in this workspace folder, so nothing was changed. Reconnect the drive that holds it, then select Sync now.”Restoring a version
Restore to folder downloads the version and checks each file before it changes the folder, then compares it with the folder file by file:- A file you haven’t edited since the last sync takes the restored version.
- A file the restored version doesn’t contain is removed, unless you’ve edited it since the last sync.
- A file you’ve edited since the last sync keeps your edit. If the restored version differs from the last synced one, it’s saved beside your file with “conflict from”, the device and the time added before the extension.