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Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why (www.techspot.com)
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When Windows users suddenly discover that their files have vanished from their desktops after interacting with OneDrive, the issue often stems from how Microsoft's cloud service integrates with the operating system. The automatic, near-invisible shift to cloud-based storage has triggered strong reactions from users who find the feature unintuitive and, in some cases, destructive to their local files.

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[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

The thing that pisses me off with the auto sync option is that it's just not how a lot of files that we have are used

I don't want to see a file with 10 different versions in the past week all because somebody opened it and didn't modify it and closed it. I want to open a file, find out what I need to, and close it while knowing that I did not make any changes to that file.

sure, this problem could be avoided somewhat by managing user permissions, but oh guess what that's a fucking pain in the ass the way Microsoft has that set up too