My whole drawing set almost got wiped because I didn't check the cloud sync

Honestly, I was finishing a big set of electrical schematics for a shop in Akron last Tuesday, about 50 sheets. I saved everything, closed the program, and went home. Next morning, I opened the file and only 3 sheets were there. The cloud backup had failed without any error message. I had to dig into the local temp files and found a hidden auto-save folder with a version from 4 hours before I closed. I lost some notes but saved the core work. Has anyone else had a cloud service just silently fail like that? What's your backup plan now?

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aaron_ellis429d ago

Tbh I read a tech blog last month that said cloud sync fails are way more common than people think. The writer lost a whole novel draft because the app showed a green checkmark but never actually uploaded. Now I do a manual export to a separate hard drive every single time, even if it takes an extra minute.

cole_lee99d agoMost Upvoted

Green checkmarks are the biggest liars in tech.