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#scrivener users: Has anyone revisited a project and found that random updated files are empty?

I've discovered I have three such files in that state in one project synced between Mac, iPad, and iPhone—but I have auto backups and mobile syncs, so content is recoverable, though maybe not the last edit.

In my case, each empty file has a last mobile sync of Aug 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM. That they all have the same snapshot time is significant, not the specific timestamp.

The first file I found empty, after the initial panic because these are chapters in a novel, I thought maybe I accidentally did a select all backspace. It could happen. I searched the backups, but could find nothing after the date stated above, so did a rollback to the mobile sync snapshot.

Last night around midnight, I found a second file. Today, suspicious, I checked every single file in the project, and found a third empty file.

Wondering if this ever happened to other writers. No doubt Scrivener devs at support will blame Dropbox. I am asking for feedback to find out if it happened to anybody else before I report it.

#writing #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #dropbox

#scrivener users: Has anyone revisited a project and found that random updated files are empty?

I've discovered I have three such files in that state in one project synced between Mac, iPad, and iPhone—but I have auto backups and mobile syncs, so content is recoverable, though maybe not the last edit.

In my case, each empty file has a last mobile sync of Aug 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM. That they all have the same snapshot time is significant, not the specific timestamp.

The first file I found empty, after the initial panic because these are chapters in a novel, I thought maybe I accidentally did a select all backspace. It could happen. I searched the backups, but could find nothing after the date stated above, so did a rollback to the mobile sync snapshot.

Last night around midnight, I found a second file. Today, suspicious, I checked every single file in the project, and found a third empty file.

Wondering if this ever happened to other writers. No doubt Scrivener devs at support will blame Dropbox. I am asking for feedback to find out if it happened to anybody else before I report it.

#writing #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #dropbox

#scrivener users: Has anyone revisited a project and found that random updated files are empty?

I've discovered I have three such files in that state in one project synced between Mac, iPad, and iPhone—but I have auto backups and mobile syncs, so content is recoverable, though maybe not the last edit.

In my case, each empty file has a last mobile sync of Aug 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM. That they all have the same snapshot time is significant, not the specific timestamp.

The first file I found empty, after the initial panic because these are chapters in a novel, I thought maybe I accidentally did a select all backspace. It could happen. I searched the backups, but could find nothing after the date stated above, so did a rollback to the mobile sync snapshot.

Last night around midnight, I found a second file. Today, suspicious, I checked every single file in the project, and found a third empty file.

Wondering if this ever happened to other writers. No doubt Scrivener devs at support will blame Dropbox. I am asking for feedback to find out if it happened to anybody else before I report it.

#writing #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #dropbox

#scrivener users: Has anyone revisited a project and found that random updated files are empty?

I've discovered I have three such files in that state in one project synced between Mac, iPad, and iPhone—but I have auto backups and mobile syncs, so content is recoverable, though maybe not the last edit.

In my case, each empty file has a last mobile sync of Aug 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM. That they all have the same snapshot time is significant, not the specific timestamp.

The first file I found empty, after the initial panic because these are chapters in a novel, I thought maybe I accidentally did a select all backspace. It could happen. I searched the backups, but could find nothing after the date stated above, so did a rollback to the mobile sync snapshot.

Last night around midnight, I found a second file. Today, suspicious, I checked every single file in the project, and found a third empty file.

Wondering if this ever happened to other writers. No doubt Scrivener devs at support will blame Dropbox. I am asking for feedback to find out if it happened to anybody else before I report it.

#writing #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #dropbox

#scrivener users: Has anyone revisited a project and found that random updated files are empty?

I've discovered I have three such files in that state in one project synced between Mac, iPad, and iPhone—but I have auto backups and mobile syncs, so content is recoverable, though maybe not the last edit.

In my case, each empty file has a last mobile sync of Aug 22, 2026 at 12:40 PM. That they all have the same snapshot time is significant, not the specific timestamp.

The first file I found empty, after the initial panic because these are chapters in a novel, I thought maybe I accidentally did a select all backspace. It could happen. I searched the backups, but could find nothing after the date stated above, so did a rollback to the mobile sync snapshot.

Last night around midnight, I found a second file. Today, suspicious, I checked every single file in the project, and found a third empty file.

Wondering if this ever happened to other writers. No doubt Scrivener devs at support will blame Dropbox. I am asking for feedback to find out if it happened to anybody else before I report it.

#writing #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #dropbox

Does anyone know how to get Scrivener to replace italics with underlines? I've clicked the compile option, but it's not working. I've also tried doing it manually within the styles section in compile. Not working either.

That worked last time I did it but not today. What moon phase are we in? Am I suppose to sacrifice the goat this week, or the pig, to appease the Scrivener gods?

#Scrivener #Compile #Italics #Underlines