The topic of backing up your photos is always a popular one. I often refer to a 3-2-1 backup strategy as an absolute minimum strategy to protect your photos. In this post I’ll explain in detail what I mean by a 3-2-1 backup strategy, and include examples of both correct and incorrect setups. You need to get this right if you want your photos to be safe.
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The Sandisk Extreme Portable SSD manages to explain itself very well in its own name. It’s an SSD, and it’s extremely small! But is it any good? Let’s find out.
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Your photos are at risk if you don’t understand a few important things about backups and RAID systems. Please take the time to read this and make sure you understand it. I don’t want to hear any more horror stories from my readers!
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