Photos have disappeared from the notes. The folder where they should be stored is empty

[AlanG]

Any chance your files were deleted by a plugin, like this person?

Files got deleted without my permission while using Obsidian Sync

I think I understand why, for most of it. The pdfs were deleted by the file cleaner plug-in! The plug-in cleans up unused attachments (pdf, png, etc.) not just the empty markdown files. So big warnings if you are using this plug-in. I am still trying to figure out where my missing excalidraw files went cause they are backed by markdown and they are not empty. It could be caused by some glitch when I switched from icloud to obsidian sync. But I cannot really convince myself how.