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Comment on Discussion Thread Saturday 19 😎 April 2025

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I thought to just download my files onto my computer, back them up and unlink my pc so it couldn’t fill that storage back up again. Well downloading my stuff isn’t working. The zip files only contain error .txt.

I’m also now being told I can’t send or receive emails because I’m over storage and have to pay for more - recurring subscription of course.

It’s so very convenient that they force your files onto their cloud and then make the process of getting them back obstructive. Really predatory.

I may end up having to pay to get to the task later but this is making me seriously consider whether I could make a go of Linux. (The only reason I don’t is because I’m not confident of being able to reliably make everything work.)

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SituationCake@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Not sure what your arrangement is, but in windows with one drive, in explorer you can select the files and folders you want, right click, and select ‘always keep on this device”. This means you have a local copy in addition to the onedrive copy.

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Thanks, I’ll give that a go
  
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kudra@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
@melbaboutown @YarraByte in the process of DeGoogling and it's similar. Though so far I'm only partway through Photos. It was always the intention to bait and switch and capture financially once the difficulty of leaving became extreme. I was always aware of Facebook which seemed blatant to me: Google and M$ actually more subtle.
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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Oh man… I want to de google but I’m absolutely drowning at the moment and barely managing life admin let alone a task like that.
  
  I still have to go through my Facebook to make sure I get everything before I deactivate or delete with the under 16 ban (because I’m not giving Meta or other platforms my id). And because the download doesn’t work I have to do it manually.
  
  My respect goes out to people who are able to stay on top of all this
  
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  - kudra@aus.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    @melbaboutown I am glad I don't have to think about FB as have never given them my data. I need to anonymise on several services to at least try and thwart the AI feeding frenzy, though I'm rarely active anywhere except on Fedi these days. But I need to move Gmail as well. It's more than many people are even equipped to try, sadly.
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah I regret. And it’s probably more than I’ll ever be able to attempt.
    
    Right now I just need to get my stuff backed up to physical media in time and make sure I can continue to use my main email.
    
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Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
What was the size of the zip file that you downloaded?

Try downloading a smaller directory or file and see if you can open it.

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- melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I made repeated attempts so - 69kb, then 1.2kb. Probably too large.
  
  Some other guy was complaining about this so I began manually downloading - and then saw that I could ctrl-a and copy the contents of the OneDrive folder to paste it into a new folder. Once I think I have everything I’m unlinking.
  
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  - Duenan@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Ok, not sure how you’re doing it but if you’re able to get your files back that way then that’s fine.
    
    If using the zip method you need to use smaller sizes like maybe 1gig but test it out first and make sure it works.
    
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    melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Cheers, thanks :)
    
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