This is sometimes known as 'Safe Saving', however for most modern Cloud Drives this seems to be no longer a concern as when an incomplete file transfer doesn't lead to corruption. They create a new temporary file and swap it in/rename it instead of updating it in place. I deleted my iCloud Strongbox folder and now I can't create a new iCloud databaseīasically what’s happening is that Strongbox’s reference to the database becomes invalid because of the way these Desktop clients save the database. You may also have deleted that folder by accident and you'll need to recreate it: If you don’t see it you can create it by adding a new iCloud database via Strongbox.

The folder should be in the root of your iCloud Drive with the Strongbox icon on it. This is a dedicated folder and Strongbox will automatically detect and sync anything here including files updated by KeePassXC. These use different methods to keep a reference to your file that doesn’t break when KeePass / KeePassXC updates.Īnother solution that works much better (on iOS at least) is to use the official Strongbox iCloud folder. Tools > Options > Advanced > File Input/Output Connections > Use file Transactions for Writing Databases > Switch OFFĪlternatively if possible you should try to use the native Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive or other native methods to add your database instead of the iOS Files method. Choose 'Directly write to database file (dangerous)' in the dropdown.Use Alternative Saving method (Switch ON).Settings > General > Basic Settings > File Management: You can use the instructions below to do this: The solution to this is to turn off 'Safe Saving' in KeePassXC or 'File Transactions' in KeePass.

' The database was 'Removed from iCloud' on another device' ' The database is located in Recently Deleted' This can sometimes present itself as errors like: Sometimes there can be some issues with iOS Files based databases and KeePassXC / KeePass and cloud drives.

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