Did some people lose their data on Google Drive? This question is swirling around the internet now that Google has announced that it is investigating “sync issues” in the desktop version of Google Drive.on monday register spotted trending posts On the Google Drive forums, users claimed that months of Drive data suddenly disappeared, reverting their files to what they were in May 2023. Several other users also voiced their opinions on the same issue, with the worst of them saying: ”
Google is post up Google Drive’s help forums more or less acknowledge this issue. The post, titled “Sync issues with Drive for desktop (v84.0.0.0 – 84.0.4.0),” states, “We are investigating reports of issues affecting some users of Drive for desktop. We plan to follow up with further updates.” . ” Google has added an eerie list of things not to do during that time:
- do In the computer version drive[アカウントの切断]Please do not click.
- do do not have erase or move App data folder:
- Windows: %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Google\DriveFS
- macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Google/DriveFS
- Optional: If you have space on your hard drive, we recommend making a copy of your app data folder.
These instructions seem to be aimed at preserving a cache of files that may exist on your computer. The explanation that this is a “sync” issue doesn’t make much sense. Because no matter what, all your files should be visible and downloadable in Drive’s web interface. If the problem is with the upload, your local files should still be there.
Further complicating matters when it comes to resolving issues and analyzing user complaints, the desktop version of the drive has two completely different modes of operation that can cause problems. One is the traditional “mirroring” mode, which works like Dropbox. In this mode, files on your hard drive are uploaded to the cloud, downloaded to all your other devices, and remain on your computer. After all, the files remain on your hard drive, so it’s unlikely that you’ll lose them in this mode. However, mirroring is not the default. In recent years, the default has switched to “File Stream”, where most files aren’t actually stored on your computer, but instead just show you fancy shortcuts to files that only exist on the cloud. A constant internet connection is required, and when you try to open a cloud file link, the actual data is immediately streamed to your device for your application to access.The file stream maintains a cache of ‘Recent and frequently used files”, but other than that, I drive actively. remove Delete files from your computer.
So if Google lost your data and you were using File Stream mode, there’s a good chance the file actually doesn’t exist anymore. Dropbox and Drive mirror mode keep a local copy of your files on your computer, whereas File Stream often doesn’t. Will File Stream delete or move files without uploading them first? That would be a pain.
Drive has had a tough year for a service that requires rock-solid reliability. Regardless of how this issue ends up, Google is trying to reduce the cost of its drives this year by introducing a hard cap on the number of files (in addition to the usual byte size limit), but this limit has been widely reported It was later retracted following the report. Google instituted this file limit as a complete surprise and didn’t talk about it for months. This left some companies with setup issues scrambling to figure out what was going on. The whole sales pitch for cloud storage is that you should trust your big tech storage provider to manage your files and act responsibly, but this year Drive hasn’t lived up to that sales pitch. Many people pay a monthly fee to use Drive, as additional storage is available through Google One personal storage or Google Workspace business accounts.