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Look for hard disk recovery tools?
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Keep backups of important stuff
This is really bad news. So Sorry 🫂
Damn… Feel sorry for you man!
Oh no! No backups of the vault? Stop syncing folders etc and check other machines?
Don’t you have some phone / tablet laying around with a previously synced version ? Not familiar with Obsidian but if there is an old device with the content on it you might be able to recover it, off course make sure to not connect the device to the internet.
Hosted by a third party?
If they're halfway decent they should have backup snapshots. I'd ask support.
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what? I use Obsidian and it just manages .md files on my local disk.
So sorry to hear. Somebody mentioned recovery tools. If it’s still possible you will want to kill power, pull the drives, and make a hash verified copy of the drive. 😔
Just go to your backups. You do have backups, right?
I suppose if you’re not backing up your local filesystem you could nuke it.
I'm sorry man, that is the worst.
Couple years back I lost the camera I had an entire year of Australia backpacking adventures on-- i.e. the year I escaped my 9-5 and my whole world opened up. New friends, adventures, memories, all poofed in a heartbeat.
Different situation, same gut-punch feeling of helplessly losing something you care about.
Best to just go for a walk, remind yourself that these things are all silly in the scheme of life, chalk it up as a major lesson on better protecting/backing up your shit, and moving forward 👊
My sister once said to me that if you took everyone’s problems and put them on a table in front of you, you’d still pick your own.
As much as this sucks, it’s not a cancer diagnosis mate!
That sucks Guy, I suggest looking into using git to backup your notes.
Great read in your latest episode!
Sorry brother!!
Having done similar with not so important stuff that's a gut punch. Especially when it's you doing it and you know you know better... sorry for you mate 😥
If self hosted run autopsy
Like autopsy. Which is free
It’s self-hosted md files on your machine
You store the markdown files locally on your machine, so you can manually version control/backup however you want. I use periodic git backups for mine, but I also use their Sync service, which I think lets you restore old file versions too. 🤔
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Do you have any system backups (like Apple’s TimeMachine?)
Hi Guy. I'm a regular listener to Bitcoin Audio. Keep up the great work! I got a question... So i have friends in South Asia and i got them on Nostr and Lightning (WOS) but frequently the internet gets shut off due to unrest,etc... Is there any solution to use it offline, even on a temporary basis?
Hosted on my icloud account right now
Also first thing to do is switch it off and image the drive
full SSDs?
There is an extension you can get apparently. I still 100% recommend Obsidian, but be careful with the API. Otherwise I have absolutely no complaints and love this program
Bottle the frustration and use it on the next Guy's Take 😁
Login to your iCloud and you may find it. They keep deleted files for 30 days last I checked
Public Service Announcement:
Back up your data.
View quoted note →It does but it’s tricky. I’ve fucked my vaults up plenty of times. It depends more if you save it in iCloud vs obsidian sync
That sucks
GOT IT BACK!
Literally just went to the actual .md file itself instead of messing with icloud or Obsidian, and Mac Versions still had an edit history of a few days. Got all the links back 💜💜
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Post your bookmarks to nostr to make sure they don't ever do that again? Would probably also benefit everyone else?
(Just double check nothing with keys/personal stuff ;) )
What is obsidian?
A crystal for shamanism one would hope.
Believe or not, I was actually thinking about a decentralized obsidian and notion alternative before discovering Nostr. I believe Nostr can be a good platform to implement such a software. Will work on it.
that really stinks, my heart goes out to you :(
