[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu one goes postal!

[Gareth France]

On 07/11/12 23:19, Alan Pope wrote:
> On 07/11/12 22:04, Gareth France wrote:
>> Ubuntu One is designed to sync multiple machines, right? So can someone
>> please explain why when I added another machine it chose to delete all
>> the files out of Ubuntu One rather than download them? In turn this has
>> deleted said files of my main machine too, including my accounting!
>>
>
> I went to http://one.ubuntu.com and followed links to:-
>
> https://one.ubuntu.com/help/faq/how-can-i-recover-files-deleted-from-my-account/ 
>
>
> https://one.ubuntu.com/help/contact/
>
> Usually the workflow for U1 goes like this:-
>
> Install machine 1, setup Ubuntu One, put files in Ubuntu One folder, 
> files sync to the cloud.
> Install machine N, login to Ubuntu One, files sync down to that machine.
>
> I've done this numerous times over many machines.
>
> What exact process did you go through on the second machine?
>
> Cheers,

I installed, logged into U1 and the sync took several ice ages. Later 
that day I went to access files in the U1 folder to find all sub folders 
are there but many files were missing.

Luckily it turns out they were all in the trash so I have been able to 
recover most of them. However it looks like this is not the first time 
it has happened because I have found at least one empty folder.