[OS X TeX] strange behavior

[Alan Litchfield]

I think the problem may be more to do with Dropbox. I have noted other 
peoples' experiences that are similar to what you describe.

This may help?
https://www.dropbox.com/help/syncing-uploads/files-update-issues

Alan

On 15/09/17 3:44, Nitecki, Zbigniew H. wrote:
> I work from two computers—an iMac in my  office and a MacBook Pro at 
> home—which are coordinated through dropbox.  I try to keep both on the 
> same version of TeXShop.  Recently, I found when working on creating a 
> homework assignment on the office iMac that a certain macro was not 
> being recognized.  On that Mac, if I created a “minimal example” asking 
> it only to print the result of that macro, it worked fine.  But in the 
> context of the homework assignment, it called it an undefined symbol. 
>   However, on my home computer the identical source file for the whole 
> assignment compiles fine.  What can I look for to fix the problem?
> 
> 
> 
> Zbigniew Nitecki
> Department of Mathematics
> Tufts University
> Medford, MA 02155
> 
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