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As of yesterday I get this error everytime I open my audacity project and it seems like it's just deleted everything. The two files that normally appear when you open a project aren't even there anymore. How can I get it back? I still have the audacity project file.
hazy kiln
https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects this page has instructions
trail drift
https://support.audacityteam.org/troubleshooting/recovering-corrupted-projects t...
is this correct? Cause in the guide it says two exe files but neither are .exe files
the folder had two files but they weren't .exe
hazy kiln
Application files are .exe files
hazy kiln
no
hazy kiln
audrepair is a fulder, not a command
hazy kiln
aye
trail drift
ok
im rlly confused now
so I did step 9
I typed this
It says there should be a message saying "Project requires Audacity 3.0.0"
That message isn't there or at least I can't see it because there's so much writing
it just has all this writing @hazy kiln
do I just skip to step 11?
hazy kiln
wrong command, it's -drop_autosave, not - drop_autosave
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how do I go back?
do I just retype it in, and what I typed in before doesn't matter?
hazy kiln
yes
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Like this @hazy kiln?
hazy kiln
no
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no space?
hazy kiln
audacity-project-tools -drop_autosave broken.aup3
hazy kiln
continue at step 13 now
hazy kiln
yes
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same message
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discord won't let me bruh
hazy kiln
try dropbox/googledrive/...
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wait im confused
look at the size of the file
and discord's max for free users is 25MB
it's not even 1MB wth
either way I'm uploading it to google drive
also can I close my terminal now?
hazy kiln
yes
trail drift
are u gonna try restore it?
hazy kiln
yes - and if I can't, I'll have someone look into it to see if there's obvious evidence of a bug causing this
trail drift
ok thank you very much
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@hazy kiln any updates?
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Ty will take a look tomorrow when I can get on my computer again
hazy kiln
try now @trail drift
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@hazy kiln Alright it works all good now thanks so much for all your help
Before I close this post, do you know why this happened? And how I can avoid it happening in the future
hazy kiln
A single block was missing, so maybe it got interrupted during a save? Also, if you have that project in a folder that gets cloud sync'd, what can happen is that a short-lived temporary file gets used twice, which breaks things
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How do I know if my folder is cloud synced?
It was in a normal folder on my desktop so I don't think it was
hazy kiln
then it may have been something else
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im scared it will happen again
the only way I can try avoid it is not touch the project while it's saving?
hazy kiln
the only way I can try avoid it is not touch the project while it's saving?
Audacity 3.5 will add a cloud saving feature which will back up every time you save and allow you to roll back if anything breaks. you can try it on https://audacityteam.org/beta
hazy kiln
later this month probably
