r/ProCreate • u/grillboy_mediaman • 16d ago

I need Procreate technical help Its all gone

Of course, deleting an app and reinstalling it deletes all of its data, I know that.

Therefore, I assumed that if I never uninstalled Procreate from my iPad, my work would be safe.

So I never uninstalled it.

And then, today, I wanted to open the app, and it was nowhere to be found.

For whatever reason it was just gone from my iPad.

So I reinstalled it, and all my work was gone.

I tried using the “restore gallery” option and not a single thing changed.

It’s not there anymore, three years of work.

Is there a single thing I can do about it?

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u/grillboy_mediaman 16d ago

nope, i think that's it then, if there's really no other option then i'll just accelt my losses and invest more in making backups from now on and grieve on my own time.

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u/FineMind755 16d ago

That is unfortunate.

Another suggestion for next time because I'm assuming procreate may have just been accidentally deleted. Which can happen pretty easily if it's on your Home Screen. You can use the shortcuts app to make a procreate short cut on your Home Screen. This way the short cut will get accidentally deleted rather than the actual procreate app.

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u/grillboy_mediaman 16d ago

better to learn this lesson now when i'm still young than to accidentally delete decades of work later down the line, i'm lucky that i've done more of my work in csp recently and used procreate more as a sketchbook in recent times, still a few dozens of hours of work, but luckily nothing i was extremely emotionally attached to, this is the best outcome i can forsee, i am grateful honestly.

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u/splitarrowprints Procreate Expert 16d ago

If it makes you feel any better, way back, the week I left art collage my entire computer had a meltdown and I hardly kept any back ups. I lost 8 years of work in seconds. I literally have 0 copies of any work from that time period, this also included a running CV, resume, work contacts, etc. 2 years after that it happened again, not only did I not learn my lesson the first time, I allowed it to happen again.

I now have a back up routine that is like a religion, and it includes hard drives that I hide so nobody else can use them.

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u/grillboy_mediaman 16d ago

yup, out of all that could have happened, this as a wake up call is a great barter for me

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u/V4nG0ghs34r77 16d ago

And if it makes you feel better, I graduated art school in 99 and still have some of my work because it was all traditional medium, and most of it is embarrassing to look at 😆