I’ve used the unison sync solution for 4 weeks now and am quite happy with it. It wouldn’t recommend it to a non-techie person due to the extra setup steps but it sure fixed my iCloud sync issues.
My Obsidian sync status has been green ever since
Hi
I am experiencing this troublesome issue, while I do NOT have any synchronisation or replication set-up. I am only using Obsidian on my Win10 laptop.
Has anyone experienced the same issue and found a solution or workaround?
Thx!
Win 10 laptop here as well.
I usually have GitHub Desktop running but that doesn’t meddle with the files (does not save or edit them on its own).
First I was thinking it could be some indexing program (I run a proggy called Everything) but because this issue crops up on my iPad as well (less frequently though), it must be the latest Obsidian version… I don’t know. When you are writing Obsidian is indexing your current note and it might have something to do with retracting one’s words.
It would be worthwhile to check whether it is the Various Complements plugin doing it.
I usually try to be patient and press CNTRL+Z to undo and carry on writing.
No GitHub Desktop, not Everything, not Various Complements plugin
Maybe llinked to one of my plugins interferring – or a more serious flaw in Obsidian
Ctr+Z not always efficient indeed
A pain…
Is it not Auto-Save causing this issue???!
This issue happens far less infrequently since I made vault-wide changes to my YAML frontmatter format.
Actually, since using a frontmatter updater plugin, it is this plugin (or actually the background checks of Obsidian behind it) that seems to cause the message but no text is deleted like before. Thank Goodness.
I’m seeing this issue with Obsidian 1.4.2 on MacOS, syncing with iCloud. It happens frequently, like several times an hour while I’m writing. When the message appears the last few seconds of work are immediately undone. I don’t use YAML frontmatter at all. I never edit documents on two devices at once, so in my mind the ideal merge strategy would be “any changes made in this Obsidian instance in the last minute are golden and should never be altered by something coming in from the disk.”
EDIT: My only community plugins are Dictionary and Novel Word Count. I don’t think Dictionary alters notes, and NWC definitely doesn’t (I know because I made it).
There are several threads/posts where moderators don’t advise using iCloud, even on MacOS (let alone Windows), but there are some setting changes that need to be made (which won’t necessarily make the problems mentioned in this thread go away, alas).
I had the same problem. With the deactivation of the plugin “Update time on edit” the problem went away. I only use Obsidian sync.
Interesting. And makes sense too.
I disabled that and installed a replacement mentioned above. Will try disabling that.
Having the same issue as discussed here. Using Obsidian on Mac and iOs, and iCloud sync.
Mac version is Version 1.6.7 (Installer 1.4.14).
A temporary solution:
- platform: win10
- external syncing: iCloud
what I discovered now is, if the conflict merge automatically happens and a line or two I typed was deleted, hitting ctrl + z will recover what was lost.
Still need to manually delete those temporary files file(1).md, file(2).md etc.. from the iCloud syncing folder, but at least I would not be retyping what was lost during merging.
Hope someone can come up with a smarter solution…
I’ve been having the exact same issue with icloyd sync, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE POSTED HERE. Please fix this obsidian devs I can’t use the app like this.
I’m getting this error however I’m not using any cloud or sync services… I can’t even tell whats changed and I dont know if I’m losing things!!
OneDrive are iCloud are sometimes enabled (for example on the Documents folder) without the user realizing it, so double check that. There is some info about that on this Sync page: https://help.obsidian.md/sync/switch#Move+your+vault+out+of+your+third-party+syncing+service+or+cloud+storage.
You can check what has changed in a file by using the “view changes” toggle in File Recovery. This isn’t super convenient, but I believe there is a plugin (maybe >1) that makes it easier.
And if you don’t yet back up the data you care about, now is a good time to start. This page can help, and parts of it are useful for non-Obsidian stuff too: Back up your Obsidian files - Obsidian Help.