Just lost everything
I was having trouble with a Masterspool print so decided to try a remix from Printables, downloaded it, unzipped it and deleted the original zip. My entire 3D printing folder disappeared along with it. I checked the server and it had definitely disappeared from there too. Every model I have ever produced went. I'd been so proud of some of the things I've done recently and it's all gone, including commissioned models. I've had a lot of trouble with Time Machine backups failing lately and removed the AFP support from the Synology NAS yesterday (it's been deprecated I believe) and went with SMB instead, so I think something must have happened in the transition with shared folders etc. FML. I recently won a grant to help start a social enterprise based around 3D printing but that folder had all of my documents for it as well. I guess I'll be starting again from scratch then. I suppose there is a lesson to be learned with diligently backing up anything that is important on whatever is at hand as frequently as possible. But still, it hurts like bloody hell.
RE: Just lost everything
Ouch. Been there, done that. I feel your pain.
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RE: Just lost everything
Wisdom indeed and I should have known better. I had to resort to deleting my backups to try and get Time Machine to work at a time when some kind of failure was highly likely. I should have taken a snapshot and saved it to USB before messing about with it but I'm still confused over what actually happened.
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There’s not enough detail to tell exactly what happened, but if anything disappeared, it is likely in a trash file somewhere.. I’d try to scour. Every drive has a .Trashes hidden file.. often accessed through the TrashCan icon, but there are other tool you can get to look. The only time I’ve had things disappear on a Mac is when I’ve overwritten the file of the same name with new info. I gave up on NAS devices quite a while ago. You have access to an iCloud account. That is the easiest way to back stuff up.. You get a bunch of storage (as far as 3d files go) for about $20/year. Along with that.. . get a cheapo SSD or magnetic HD and use TimeMachine on that.. A more bullet-proof solution. The simple solutions are the most reliable.
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Adding to Crab's remarks, the most important thing is not to panic or take wild stabs at it. Something like R-Undelete, making sure you don't overwrite the borked partition until you have everything.
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@towlerg I've been trying to leverage the BTRFS filesystem to recover a snapshot but I'm struggling. I don't have the facilities to recover the drives directly because I don't have a PC that I can connect the drives to.