synchronization regrets

paolo1969
I just want to say that I have lost about 3,000 between papers and books thanks to synchronization. I have a backup, but I have to enter all files again manually.
I regret immensely to have attempted synchronization.
  • dstillman
    edited 5 days ago
    No, this is a misunderstanding. Syncing only syncs explicit deletions you made yourself.

    The account you're posting from has no data in it and never has.

    I'd guess that you previously set up syncing with a different account and then tried to sync with this account. When you did that, Zotero warned you that it would delete all local data for the old account, required you to check a checkbox saying "Remove all data for “[old account]” from this computer", and said to make sure you either had uploaded any data to the old account before continuing or had a backup of your Zotero data directory. If you did one of those things, you can restore all of your data and files.

    But setting up syncing for the first time with an empty online account would never just delete your local data. Syncing doesn't work that way.
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