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Is File History alone enough for family photos, or am I fooling myself?

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  1. Esme V.
    @esme_lambda

    guys pls help confession: my only backup of my family photos is File History... im fairly sure thats not enough, but every guide i find is either enterprise-level or a sales pitch... whats a sensible, low-effort setup for a normal person with a desktop and a laptop? id like to spend a little money if its worth it, but i dont want to build a server in my closet... whats the sweet spot for a normal household? im about to throw this thing out the window lol

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  2. Otto Ekström
    @tensor_wrangler

    hmmmm quick q do u have a place off-site, like a relaitves house or a cloud plan??

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  3. Aiden Dalton
    @aiden_night

    reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets. came here to say exactly this any ideas??

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  6. Aiden Dalton
    @aiden_night
    in reply to @esme_lambda

    hmmm sync is not backup. If you delete or corrupt a file in a synced folder, the deletion syncs too. Use a backup tool with versioning. lmk how it goes

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  7. Arjun Halvorsen
    @polarotter-3mp

    omggg ok update: did what @tensor_wrangler said and its fine now owe u a beer 🍺

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  8. Otto Ekström
    @tensor_wrangler

    been there man +1 same here fingers crossed 🤞

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  9. Aiden Dalton
    @aiden_night

    lol same thing happened to me write down how to restore, including any passwords for encrypted backups, and keep it somewehre youll find it when things go wrong.

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  10. Arjun Halvorsen
    @polarotter-3mp

    yeahhh this. sooo much this. make a backup before u touch the router, learned that the hard way fingers crossed 🤞

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  11. Viktor Kaur
    @viktor.kaur

    lol same thing happened to me automate it. A backup that depends on remembering will eventually be skipped. file History or Windows Backup on Windows, Time Machine on macOS, and tools like Déjà Dup or restic on Linux all run on a schedule.

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  13. Clara Castillo
    @clara.castillo96

    ok so keep at least one copy disconnected or versioned so ransomware cant encrypt it along with teh main drive.

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  14. Aiden Dalton
    @aiden_night

    not gonna lie this is driving me nuts reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets what am i doing wrong??

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  15. Otto Ekström
    @tensor_wrangler
    in reply to @aiden_night

    The 3-2-1 idea: three copies of the data, on two different types of storage, one of them off-site. For most ppl that's teh main drive, a local backup drive, and a cloud backup. good luck man!

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  16. Quinn Rahman
    @qrahman

    oh ive been there lol test a restore every few months: pick a random file from an old backup and actually open it... it's the only way to know teh backup works. fingers crossed 🤞

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  17. Farah Lund
    @rusty_gremlin

    oof make a backup before u touch the default config, learned that the hard way. @viktor.kaur what did u end up doing in the end

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