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Folder and file won't restore
Deleted a folder with a single file in it yesterday on my mac. Logged in via website today and can see the file and folder in the Deleted Files tab. When I select to restore it does not restore the f...
I had tried that... however I think I subsequently resolved the issue. It's likely because the folder name was not unique and the one I deleted yesterday was the same name as other previously deleted folders. I realized this when I went to the directory where the folder lived and then turned on SHOW DELETED FILES.
I have a bad habit of making disposable folders without renaming from the standard `untitled folder` and so when I restored it, not only was the file I was looking for resurrected, along with it was months of files that lived momentarily on my computer in the `same` folder.
I had tried that... however I think I subsequently resolved the issue. It's likely because the folder name was not unique and the one I deleted yesterday was the same name as other previously deleted folders. I realized this when I went to the directory where the folder lived and then turned on SHOW DELETED FILES.
I have a bad habit of making disposable folders without renaming from the standard `untitled folder` and so when I restored it, not only was the file I was looking for resurrected, along with it was months of files that lived momentarily on my computer in the `same` folder.
Hannah
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