How to Back Up Your Entire Digital Life Without Subscribing to Anything
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Summary
While many people use paid cloud storage subscriptions to back up their files, this is not the only option available.
If you want to back up your digital files and folders for free you can do so in numerous ways, including using an external hard drive, making the most of Time Machine if you have a Mac, backing up smaller files to a USB stick or burning files onto a disc.
There are also free cloud tools with decent storage limits, such as Google Drive and iCloud, while you can also download a copy of your data from many cloud storage providers and store it offline.
However, you must keep track of the links and folders, as without them you risk losing your content.
The most comprehensive backup strategy is often a combination of these methods to ensure you have multiple copies of your data in case of theft, hardware failure, or data deletion.
You should also consider backing up any critical data in multiple locations to protect it from potential disaster.
However, don’t forget that no storage solution is 100% safe and some backup methods have limitations and extra steps to remember when backing up or accessing your data.
