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I thought to just download my OneDrive files onto my computer, back them up and unlink my pc so it couldnāt fill that storage back up again. Well downloading my stuff isnāt working. They download as zip files that only contain error and .txt.
Iām also now being told I canāt send or receive emails because Iām over storage and have to pay for more - recurring subscription of course.
Itās so very convenient that they force your files onto their cloud (removing them from your computer) and then somehow the process of getting them back is obstructive. Really slimy.
I may end up having to pay to get to the task later but this is making me seriously reconsider Windows.
Microsoft prey on fear uncertainty and doubt. Also on compatibility between organisations. The only reason I donāt walk for Linux is 1. I want to make sure I have everything first and 2. because Iām not confident of being able to reliably make everything work as I need it to.
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 āalways keep on this deviceā. This means you have a local copy in addition to the onedrive copy.
Thanks, Iāll give that a go
@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.
Agreedā¦ We are the product. But Meta are now doing things I never could have imagined when I signed up. They scraped all of the user data and pictures for AI and Australian users didnāt get to opt out.
Agreed about Microsoft being more subtle. It kind of crept up on me.
Oh manā¦ I want to de google but Iām absolutely drowning at the moment and barely managing life admin let alone a mammoth 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 Iām not giving Meta or other platforms my id). And because the download doesnāt work I have to do it manually.
My respect goes out to people who are able to stay on top of all this
@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.
Yeah I regret. And itās probably more than Iāll 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.
@melbaboutown yeah when you realise "the cloud" is just other people's computers and "free" SM & other lockin has always been designed from the outset to bait & switch and basically enslave you it makes you realise the real costs of not being free and open. I remember when I genuinely believed Google was a force for good.
Yeah. I wish there had been an alternative way back then. I wasnāt in circles to find out about the fediverse.
I quite liked the self hosted forums but people you knew/mainstream moved to other social media and you had to be there to stay in touch or have opportunities to attend community events. And when you leave they donāt. Massive social trap.
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.
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 Iām unlinking.
Ok, not sure how youāre doing it but if youāre able to get your files back that way then thatās 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.
Cheers, thanks :)