“iCloud on Windows is known to cause file duplication and corruption issues. We highly suggest avoiding using this combination.”
Straight from the developers on Discord. I’ve tried it and had issues with iCloud on Windows myself as well. Sync would cut off the last half a sentence I wrote and I’d lose it. Definitely don’t use iCloud.
GitHub Private Repo (after research) is just as secure as the employees don’t look at or have access to private repos. Could use OneDrive, Google Drive, or DropBox but those could all have similar issues. Syncthings is another but if you use iOS devices you have to pay $5 for the app (one time and works on every iOS device) to sync on iOS but works pretty well from my test.
Thanks for your reply, I didn’t know iCloud was not advised on desktop : This is the first occurrence of this problem in more than 3 years, with thousands of files.
It would seem important to confirm that the problem is not coming from latest Obsidian versions, especially regarding sources mentioning this problem (see OP), from users possibly not using iCloud sync (to be confirmed).
I can confirm. I have been deciding on Obsidian for 3-4 months now and since the beginning they advised against it.
I can also say that if you did ANY searching on the forums, you would have found this post (linked on the MAIN PAGE) Meta Post - Syncing between Devices
which tells you how to sync between devices and advises against using iCloud on Windows from July of 2021.
Just FYI, you should really update your Installer version by downloading the newest from the website. Your Installer Version is pre v1.0 and since the v1.1.9 Installer Obsidian has been updated to Electron v21 (Obsidian Release v1.1.9).
Most likely not the cause of your problem here, just wanted you to know.
Thank you @WhiteNoise : The problem indeed happened exactly in the circumstances described in your link. Problem was also already mentioned here in this forum.
I think I closed Obsidian quickly after editing a file, and the file was empty after that.
I strongly believe the problem described here is due to Obsidian and not iCloud, and I can try to reproduce it in the sandbox vault if desired.