Oh…. there is one area in which I think what I’m doing is working well….and it has something to do with yesterday’s forum, which I missed, and Tony’s sad tale about his laptop….
But first… @Tony, I’m sorry that happened…I hope you can recover your computer and keys and all….and I’m glad you had backed up your data.
As for what I do… in case this is useful to anyone else here…I use Google Drive…
You just download it, and it installs its own folder on your computer.And then, everything you put into it is magically duplicated in a matching Google Drive folder on the Web, which you can also access.
So I save everything.in sub-folders in my Google Drive folder, instead of one of the “libraries” in Windows.
You can save into the usual Windows folders, and copy everything manually into Drive…But I’ve decided I don’t need to, cos the files in that folder really exist on your hard drive… accessible without an internet connection.
So now, everything is automatically backed up, without having to remember to do it, as long as I make sure my programs are saving to that folder.which continuously syncs with the web one.You get some web storage free, but I pay a couple of dollars a month for more…an automatic withdrawal so I don’t have to think about that either.
The bonus is, by putting the app on my phone, as well, I can view the web folder, with all my stuff on it.and upload the pictures I take on my phone, so they’ll be on my computer.The big payoff was two years ago, when my computer crashed..I bought this little laptop….installed Google drive..and after a few hours downloading, everything I’d saved was on my new computer.
There are other cloud back-up and storage services…I haven’t used them….so I can’t compare..All I know is, I feel more secure than I used to.
Oh…. there is one area in which I think what I’m doing is working well….and it has something to do with yesterday’s forum, which I missed, and Tony’s sad tale about his laptop….
But first… @Tony, I’m sorry that happened…I hope you can recover your computer and keys and all….and I’m glad you had backed up your data.
As for what I do… in case this is useful to anyone else here…I use Google Drive…
You just download it, and it installs its own folder on your computer.And then, everything you put into it is magically duplicated in a matching Google Drive folder on the Web, which you can also access.
So I save everything.in sub-folders in my Google Drive folder, instead of one of the “libraries” in Windows.
You can save into the usual Windows folders, and copy everything manually into Drive…But I’ve decided I don’t need to, cos the files in that folder really exist on your hard drive… accessible without an internet connection.
So now, everything is automatically backed up, without having to remember to do it, as long as I make sure my programs are saving to that folder.which continuously syncs with the web one.You get some web storage free, but I pay a couple of dollars a month for more…an automatic withdrawal so I don’t have to think about that either.
The bonus is, by putting the app on my phone, as well, I can view the web folder, with all my stuff on it.and upload the pictures I take on my phone, so they’ll be on my computer.The big payoff was two years ago, when my computer crashed..I bought this little laptop….installed Google drive..and after a few hours downloading, everything I’d saved was on my new computer.
There are other cloud back-up and storage services…I haven’t used them….so I can’t compare..All I know is, I feel more secure than I used to.