Joplin first sync issue

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Hello all,

I have been using Joplin for a bit now and I am very happy with it at work and at home. I use a nextcloud setup at home for the location of joplin files. The android app works great and I see all the changes synced.

Recently at work I had to reinstall my OS (manjaro kde) and I installed Jolin like I did when I first set it up. I was lucky that this time around I have activated the failsafe option! It appears that the first action is to delete all the files already present on the server!

Is this normal behavior! What can I do to keep the files on the server and just download them or sync them with the new install on my work computer)?

Cheers,

Lucian

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No, if you install Joplin (and don't use an old profile with old states) and point it to a sync target, it will not delete the notes on the target.

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I raise the same topic in my posting. I am wondering if we can choose the sync direction for the 1st time, and then we will not worry the data lost.

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thank you for your answer but I am still not clear. Here is the error (or message, I am not sure if it is an error) that displays on my work computer since I installed Joplin and pointed it at my nextcloud for sync:

Completed: 04/02/2021 10:28
Last error: Fail-safe: sync was interrupted because 100% of the data (29 items) is about to be deleted. To override this behavior disable fail-safe in the sync settings.

I will not disable fail safe until I know for sure it will not delete the notes I have on the server already. Another poster on this thread @yanqingwang suggested a choice at first run for the sync direction something like: Joplin local install go forth and bring the data that you find at this here server. Then from this moment on, you sync backwards and forwards.

Maybe I am not using it correctly, sorry for my confusion. It is a great program and it helped me organize a lot of information. That's why I don't want to loose it!

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You are most likeky doing somthing wrong. You said you had to install a new OS. Did you restore your user folder (home directory) from a backup?

I said earlier you cannot use an old profile to do an initial setup.

Please delete the ~/.config/joplin-desktop directory, start Joplin, enter the sync info, and click the sync button.

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ok I will do that and report back! thank you for the clarification!

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