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Today’s Quick Tip….
Did you know there’s a simple way to ensure that you never lose your most important and most precious irreplaceable files?
Here’s the secret, in a nutshell…
Back up your backups.
Any seasoned IT pro will tell you that you should never trust your most important files to a single onsite backup.
Instead, make a second backup and store it offsite in a different physical location. This is known as creating redundant backups, and they’ve saved a lot of folks’ proverbial bacon over the years.
Whether you choose to save your duplicate backups onto a second external hard drive and store it at a trusted friend’s house or simply back up your files to a cloud storage account, you can rest assured that you’ll be able to recover your precious files if a fire or some other disaster ever destroys your primary backup medium.
Unfortunately, these things happen all the time, but it won’t happen to you if you prepare ahead of time by creating duplicate backups and storing them in separate locations.
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From the blog…
Scam alert: Don’t fall for this dangerous PayPal email scam!
There’s a dangerous PayPal-related phishing scam going around right now. This post explains how to recognize and avoid it.
Q&A: Can a broken light pole fry a computer?
A reader wants to know if a broken light pole in her neighbor’s yard could have damaged her computer. This post has the answer.
Have a device that’s covered by AppleCare? It might qualify for a new replacement battery.
If you have a device that’s currently covered by AppleCare it just might qualify to receive a new replacement battery.
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