I encrypted my joplin... and everything just died

[graphit0]

@GnarlySnooze

What I have
I still have a back up of the majority of my notes in terms of the MD files

@graphit0

Sync is not a backup. As you might have just learned, If your db gets corrupted locally, the error will be propagated to the sync target.

So, if you notes have some value to you, you must have a backup regardless of the sync target (even if it's filesystem).

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@GnarlySnooze

It's a little frustrating that Joplin just can't be pointed at a series of files and load them.

It can and it does. The problem is coming from the folder not being a backup for import. It's a sync target folder.

In order to connect to this folder, you need to assign it as a sync target. Here's how you do it:

@graphit0

• Make complete .jex export of all notes, put it somewhere safe
• Make a copy of your ".md files folder" (sync target folder from now on) just in case
• go to Joplin settings > Syncronization > setup your sync target as the file system (point to sync target folder) > Show advanced settings > Push the button "Delete local data and re-download from sync target"
• This will reload the app and delete all the local data. But since we exported everything in step 1 and 2, it's okay.
• App will launch and sync should start. If it doesn't, push the sync button and setup the sync target process again if prompted
• Await patiently while sync is happening, it might take hours