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usonian

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9. Back up twice.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 09:11 PM
Jul 7

Time for me to do as I say. One monster drive might do as a second backup device. Plug it in now and then and copy everything to it.

If I get lazy/lazier, photos get backed up first, though I do sort through them for the best ones and that makes a much smaller folder to back up.


Magnetic spinning drives are said to last longer if they never spin down. I'd take my chances with a weekly or monthly spin up.

If you're unix based, rsync makes that fast. Only copies newer files. Comes with macs and linux.

I have had interfaces inside the drives break, but haven't used a universal drive enclosure in years. You might try a data recovery app to see if the computer can access the drive and if so, check and repair it. Apple Disk Utility does so if it can. There are others. I can't advise on them.

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