GrandchildDavid 14 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 It appears that there may be a serious bug with the "Reset All Settings" option in iOS 8, causing users who activate the feature to lose all of their iWork documents stored in iCloud Drive. According to multiple posters on the MacRumors forums, using the "Reset All Settings" option under General --> Reset has caused documents to be permanently deleted from iCloud Drive.Because iOS 8 was so sluggish on my iPad 3 I reset all settings (No data or media will be deleted) and sped it up BUT deleted my iWork data! Then promptly synced and deleted it in iCloud.I have public beta of Yosemite so can't roll back via time machine. I have no pre iOS 8 backups in iTunes or iCloud to revert to (well iCloud device backups don't contain cloud documents and I should have iOS 7 backups in iTunes but can't find any. iCloud has no trash like dropbox. They seem gone forever. The "Reset All Settings" option explicitly says that "No data or media will be deleted," and it is meant to reset all user preferences to the default out-of-the-box settings. That the option is deleting iCloud Drive documents appears to be a serious bug, though it may be limited to Apple's own iWork apps like Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. One user had all of his iWork documents wiped by using "Reset All Settings," while other app information remained in iCloud. In our own testing, using "Reset All Settings" deleted all iWork documents stored in iCloud Drive on the iPhone and on iCloud.com. After allowing time for syncing to a Mac running OS X Yosemite, all of the documents disappeared from that machine as well. Preview and TextEdit documents, which cannot be accessed on the iPhone, remained untouched on the Mac. There appears to be no simple way to recover iCloud Drive documents that have been erased by "Reset All Settings" in Yosemite, and several people who have been affected by the bug are now in contact with Apple support in an effort to retrieve their documents. A Mavericks user was, however, able to recover his files from a backup folder, and OS X Yosemite users may also have luck with recovering files via Time Machine. One user said that Apple was waiting on engineers to investigate the issue, while another said his account had been placed in troubleshooting mode to attempt to recover the data. Introduced with iOS 8 and OS X Yosemite, iCloud Drive is Apple's answer to cloud-based storage services like Dropbox. iCloud Drive allows users to store a variety of documents like spreadsheets, PDFs, images, and more, accessing them on any device. Currently OS X Mavericks users can access iCloud Drive documents via iCloud.com, but iCloud Drive will be fully functional in October, after OS X Yosemite is released. Users who have iCloud Drive enabled may want to refrain from using the "Reset All Settings" option on their devices for the time being, in order to avoid accidentally erasing important documents stored in iCloud Drive. Source: MacRumor Apple ha ARTPOP era :giveup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Croft 2,235 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I am so done with iOS 8, I swear to god. IT'S MADE THE BEST PHONE ON THE MARKET WORSE THAN WINDOWS PHONE 8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsolti 2,688 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I am so done with iOS 8, I swear to god. IT'S MADE THE BEST PHONE ON THE MARKET WORSE THAN WINDOWS PHONE 8. Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Croft 2,235 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yes hunty, keep laughing. Laugh the remainder of your class away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zsolti 2,688 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Yes hunty, keep laughing. Laugh the remainder of your class away. Please correct me if I make any grammar mistakes, I want to master English as much as possible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Josh 3 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Does anyone use iCloud docs tho Pretty accurate statement tbh :madge: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursula Buffay 73 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 My iCloud could mean anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hope 2,030 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I am so done with iOS 8, I swear to god. IT'S MADE THE BEST PHONE ON THE MARKET WORSE THAN WINDOWS PHONE 8. I'm so done with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Josh 3 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Funny how you only make threads about negative Apple news. An outsider may think you have an agenda. :madge: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
iAstroLeo 14,452 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Say what you want about Google, but never have they released such a faulty operating system Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Josh 3 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Say what you want about Google, but never have they released such a faulty operating system Android 1.5-4.0 says hi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaga Ate My Ass 173 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Funny how you only make threads about negative Apple news. An outsider may think you have an agenda. :madge: I know its funny though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodo 313 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 people use icloud lol ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tove Lo 2,481 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 iCloud is such a b---h I hate it. hop on that **** like a maniac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara Croft 2,235 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I'm so done with you. It's okay, never started with you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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