Re-losing recovered lost library

haydnew

After I accidentally deleted a library, I recovered it following the instructions here (https://www.zotero.org/support/zotero_data#restoring_from_the_last_automatic_backup), which started with "Turn off automatic syncing". A couple of days after I had recovered the lost library I was asked if I wanted to turn syncing back on (I hadn't); I turned it back on—and then the library disappeared. I am using Zotero on two Mac computers, and have again restored the lost library. But will it disappear again when/if I turn automatic syncing back on?

dstillman

You skipped the last step of that section, which tells you how to keep your restored version from being overwritten by your previous deletions:

4. If you were using syncing and the undesired changes were already synced, syncing again now would cause the more recent data in the online library to replace the data you just restored, and you'll need to take steps to prevent that:

You want to use Replace Online Library.

haydnew

Thank you—that worked.