How regenerate my site from the files downloaded from Netlify?

Hi,

Do you mean that Publii app disappeared after upgrade to macOS Catalina?

Tomasz Dziuda wrote:

Hi,

Do you mean that Publii app disappeared after upgrade to macOS Catalina?

Hi Tomaz;

The app was there, but the saved sites were not, or downloaded themes, or any of the saved settings. It was like a brand new installation of the Publii app. It’s weird because this didn’t happen to other Softwares like Photoshop or such. I believe it has something to do with the fact that Publii uses the Documents folder by default. Upon upgrading to Mac Catalina, that folder was wiped off. Somehow it’ didn’t save in my iCloud either!

But, is there any way to get everything back to normal by downloading the site from the server, or that’s it, and I have to start all over?

If that’s the case, I believe it would be a good idea to automatically sync a copy of the configurations files to the server along with the site we are uploading.

Please check if in fact the Documents/Publii catalog is empty – maybe it is just a lack of permissions to access documents (Publii should ask for it at start on macOS Catalina and if your refused the access – the app cannot access it): https://nektony.com/duplicate-finder-free/folders-permission

If the Catalina upgrade removed this folder content then the only solution is to start over again. Or check if you have any time machine backup made before the os upgrade.

For such situations we have created the backups feature – uploading input files to the server is not a solution as it will make sync process much longer and can expose non-public data.

Regarding WordFence – sorry – I have no idea what can be a reason, maybe your behaviours generates false positive alerts in this plugin.