Please help me recover missing media files 😿

Hii !

3 days ago, I reinstall my os and install anki from flathub. then i waited the sync for a long time because i have many media files to downloaded

After sync, I make sure theres no spinnng circle on sync tab. so i quit my anki and review it later. next day i wanted to review my daily reviews but :scream:
my media files (images and sounds) are missing
so i tried to sync again but seems it says uploaded : 0, downloaded : 0. im scared now and check my ankiweb to review from there. but the media in anki web are also missing :disappointed:

what have i done :

Then, being desperate, I was looking for a solution on the web, seeing on this page:

“If you are unable to recover your media from any of your devices, we may be able to restore it from AnkiWeb’s backups for you if it was deleted recently.”

Can you help me to recover all lost files? :clown_face:
My missing media files mostly from "適当” deck

Thank you for your help!

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I’m a bit confused at how your screenshots match up with what you’re describing – but you have over 400 MB of media in your AnkiWeb account, so it’s not all missing by any means.

If you only tried to sync a couple times, there’s a good chance your sync is still timing out before it finishes downloading all your media. If syncing again doesn’t change anything, try logging out in Preferences and then sync again. Run Check Media after each sync to see that the number of missing files is going down.

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Thank you for replying!
Yess! You’re Right! its not all missing but some of them.
I’m sorry for my trashy screenshot it might be a confusing.
anyway i did as you say! i re-login from prefrerences and then sync again.
here’s the output :

seems like i have so many files missing, also media files in anki web is also missing. so i think relogin and sync again will not recover it.

Okay, I’ve restored any media files recently deleted from your AnkiWeb account. They’ll automatically download on the next sync.

Once you have this sorted, you should clean up your unused media as well, so you and AnkiWeb don’t have to worry about continuing to sync it.

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OMG THANK YOU!!!
YOU ARE MY HERO! :laughing:

I will always remember this and everytime i see these images and sounds, it will remind me of you


ITS NOW RECOVERED!!!
Thank you Again, and as the Sentece in the Picture say :

" あなたに精霊の祝福がありますように" :innocent:
-Emilia

MANY THANKS!

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Owh, and i will delete unused files too :grin:

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