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UPDATED Google Drive users are reporting files mysteriously disappearing from the service, with some netizens on the goliath's support forums claiming six or more months of work have unceremoniously vanished.

The issue has been rumbling for a few days, with one user logging into Google Drive and finding things as they were in May 2023.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (26 children)

What do people use to have backups of their google drive content?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (15 children)

I use an external hard drive for all of my cloud backups

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (10 children)

Dumb question,

If you have an external hard drive for your cloud backup data, why use a cloud service?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Offsite is always a good idea in case of a disaster like fire.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Offsite? When I googled that it showed a team retreat planning website. How does that work?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I think they mean “off-site”, meaning that it’s not at the same location. That way if something happens at one location, such as burglary, fire, etc., your data is still safe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

it means somewhere else

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

When googling to find out what a word means, try adding "define" to your search. When I Google "define offsite" it works as intended.

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