Josh Lupo
We love Eraser, but we'd highly appreciate a better way to backup our files.
From the Eraser terms of use: "the Company do not guarantee there will be no loss or corruption of data" "You agree to maintain a complete and accurate copy of any Content in a location independent of the Service"
That's understandable, but how should we do that?
The "Export" option is helpful, but it requires manually exporting each file, which is time-consuming when you have a lot of documents.
GitHub sync is a nice feature, but it isn't suitable for data backups.
  • GitHub itself doesn't provide backup guarantees, so syncing with GitHub doesn't fully address the need for a reliable backup solution independent of cloud services.
  • The sync process can be prone to user error. Users will forget to put them in a sync folder, or they'll forget to push their changes, or someone in the repo will push conflicting changes. This disrupts the real-time collaborative experience, which is otherwise awesome.
  • The sync creates inconsistencies when files are renamed, and by adding unecessary code into the markdown files.
Suggested Features (any one of the below would be amazing):
  • Export All button: A single-click option in settings to export all files at once
  • Backup App: A dedicated app to download and store files locally
  • Offline Mode: The ability to sync files for offline work, if it had a place to access them or a way to export them
  • API for backups: Then we could write a small program or script to download backups via a cron job or similar