Words / lines of text are randomly deleting soon after typing

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What I’m trying to do:

Work consistently with all changes saved in real time.
I’ve noticed that recent work in notes and canvases will randomly disappear - usually within a few minutes of typing / editing. It’s like the content reverts back to some previously saved state. It happens intermittently across all notes, formatting styles, etc. I haven’t found any reproducible trigger. Sometimes I witness the content actually disappear, other times I find out later when reviewing my notes.

  • typed text deletes - a few words or lines at a time
  • cards just added to canvas disappear

Things I have tried:

  • uninstalling plugins - n/a, none installed - only using base app.
  • looking through forum / bug reports - have not found anything relevant yet.
  • reproduce in sandbox - unable to reproduce so far, so can’t submit as a bug.
  • update app (Mac desktop) - seems current.
  • check icloud storage - plenty.
  • could icloud sync delay be a problem?

Stats/Info:

  • Vault contains 17 notes, 2 canvases.
  • Longest note is <1200 words.
  • Vault is in iCloud.
  • Using Mac desktop app on Intel Macbook Air, OS Ventura.

Any help is appreciated!

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Additional info — when this happened today, I saw a notification pop up briefly. It was too quick to screenshot but said something to the effect of “external changes were found and merged”. Effectively undoing recent changes.
Does this ring a bell to anyone?

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Just to check: your vault is in iCloud Drive/Obsidian/VAULT like this, right? (three vaults are pictured here)

SCR-20230702-ftkd

In System Settings > AppleID > iCloud, is Optimize mac storage toggled on or off? If it’s on, I’d set it to OFF.

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Yes, it is toggled On so I’ll turn it off and see if that fixes it. Thanks so much for the response!

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Oh yes. Nothing to do with iCloud or even Obsidian Sync.

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OK! So what’s happening here with it ON is that iCloud is trying to be helpful :weary: and (maybe) removing files from your local computer to optimize space. Obsidian needs all the files/folders in a vault to be local all the time. Let’s hope turning it off sorts things out.

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Unfortunately, this issue is still happening despite turning that particular iCloud setting off. I wonder if I should try moving the Vault out of iCloud completely … although it would be a bummer to lose the backup feature and multi-device access.