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_ellis421mo 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_lee91mo ago

Green checkmarks are the biggest liars in tech.

ericschmidt1mo ago

Wait, were you using the built-in cloud backup from the software itself, or was it a third-party sync folder like Dropbox or OneDrive? I only ask because I've had different failure patterns with each one. The software's own cloud system usually just fails silently with no log, while the folder-based ones sometimes leave partial files that corrupt the whole project. Did you check the sync log on the cloud dashboard or just rely on that green checkmark? I'm trying to figure out if the temp auto-save you found is something I should try to set up manually on my end.