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# I have a conflicted copy. What do I do now?

If you see a file in your cloud folder with **"conflicted copy"** in the name, both versions are safe — the cloud just couldn't decide which one was newest. Open both in Scriptation, keep the one with your latest annotations, and delete the other.

##### How to resolve it

1. Open **both** the original and the conflicted copy in Scriptation.
2. Compare your annotations side-by-side and decide which version has the latest work.
3. If each version has some notes you want to keep, use [Note Transfer](https://help.scriptation.com/en/category/note-transfer-1kf7eu5/) to move annotations from one file into the other.
4. Delete the version you're not keeping, and rename the surviving file to remove "conflicted copy" from its name.

| 💡 TIP: The newer of the two files is always the one labeled "conflicted copy."

|| 📝 NOTE: Conflicted copies happen when two devices edit the same file before the cloud has finished syncing. Common triggers: editing on your iPad while the file is still open on your mac, editing offline on two devices, or a brief sync outage from the cloud provider. The cloud provider can't merge the two streams of changes, so it saves both as separate files.

##### How to prevent it from happening again

* Working on your own across multiple devices? [How do I avoid conflicted copies with multiple devices of my own?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-avoid-conflicted-copies-with-multiple-devices-of-my-own-16eyo20/)
* Sharing files with a team? [How do I avoid conflicted copies with my team?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-do-i-avoid-conflicted-copies-with-my-team-1gmtmmw/)
* If conflicted copies are a regular problem, [move the file out of its cloud folder](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-to-move-or-copy-multiple-files-and-folders-1j4yq8t/) while you're actively annotating, then move it back when you're done.

| 💡 TIP: For teams syncing files across multiple active devices, we recommend Dropbox, Google Drive, or OneDrive. iCloud is more prone to conflicted copies and has no file version history to fall back on.

##### Still stuck?

Tap the **Send us an email** button at the bottom of this page. Include your Scriptation version, iOS version, and the names of the two conflicted files.

# What's Next

[Many people on my show use Scriptation. Should we get Scriptation Team?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/what-is-scriptation-team-4bxf8z/)
[How do I share or email my marked-up script?](/en/article/how-do-i-share-or-email-my-marked-up-script-181353n/)
[How often do files upload / sync to cloud?](https://help.scriptation.com/en/article/how-often-do-files-upload-sync-to-cloud-6pttkr/)
[How do I restore an earlier version of my script?](/en/article/how-do-i-restore-an-earlier-version-of-my-script-1171koy/)