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Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (www.techspot.com)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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When Windows users suddenly discover that their files have vanished from their desktops after interacting with OneDrive, the issue often stems from how Microsoft's cloud service integrates with the operating system. The automatic, near-invisible shift to cloud-based storage has triggered strong reactions from users who find the feature unintuitive and, in some cases, destructive to their local files.

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[–] 3 points 9 months ago (12 children)

Just wait until you actually need to restore using timeshift.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    I've done that a few times now without issue. What's wrong with it?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Have seen similar comments on that specifically on mint before, does mint have a particular problem with it? I used timeshift to restore manjaro a couple of times and it was very confusing but I assumed it was just me.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Never used Mint, but Time Shift was a god send to me for about two years on EndeavourOS. My first two years on Linux. I was able to learn so much by not having to worry about breaking my install.

    I rolled back more times than I can count without ever really encountering any issues.

    Set it up to automatically take a snapshot before every update, and add the few most recent snapshots to grub. All automated and really easy to set up.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Having had to fix a friend's installation because timeshift filled up the system drive, I would say one of the biggest problems of mint is that it comes with timeshift enabled by default (and with shitty settings). I recommend keeping manual backups, and not trying to restore a system, as opposed to setting it up from scratch.

    I use [not arch, but] debian, btw - haven't had the system break on me in > 10 years. At worst, some driver gets messed up temporarily, but nothing that ever rendered my system unusable.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    I think its fine to have by default but issue is that when people run into critical problems its not easy to restore from the back up. Currently if you cook your system you need to put a live USB in and then run timeshift and restore.

    I would consider it to be an easy to use backup tool if the timeshift backups are in the grub menu to be booted into if there is any issues with the main install. But I dont know if this is possible or not.

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