I work with a client using her Dropbox account. I upload a job and send her the link to the folder. I import the files into Lightroom and edit them. While this editing takes place, over the course of several days. She is logged in and deletes some of the files, this is her method of culling while I am editing. I can see the missing files showing up in Lightroom as missing, and "x" them out for deletion, and will periodically remove them from the catalog. After I export the finished job, she says there are files in the final folder that she had deleted. I have read that there can be circumstances that lead to deleted files returning without notice when there are applications accessing the files at the same time.
So my question is - has anyone come up with a better workflow that can address this problem?
This is not the only scenario that we have experienced this issue, it has also happened when Lightroom is not involved.
Thank you in advance for your input!