Comments on: Back Up Your Writing http://www.dailywritingtips.com/back-up-your-writing/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:41:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Stephen Thorn http://www.dailywritingtips.com/back-up-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-239911 Stephen Thorn Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:00:51 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4102#comment-239911 I say this with tongue only partially in cheek -- if, like me, you do backups to an external hard drive, and if you choose to encrypt the files for security, be sure that your next-of-kin knows the password. After all, someday you're probably going to die, and if they can't access your unpublished manuscript, poem, etc., then how can you become posthumously famous (like so many well-known writers have)? (grin) I say this with tongue only partially in cheek — if, like me, you do backups to an external hard drive, and if you choose to encrypt the files for security, be sure that your next-of-kin knows the password. After all, someday you’re probably going to die, and if they can’t access your unpublished manuscript, poem, etc., then how can you become posthumously famous (like so many well-known writers have)? (grin)

]]> By: sefcug http://www.dailywritingtips.com/back-up-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-217841 sefcug Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:56:51 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4102#comment-217841 I use a USB thumbdrive, Microsoft's SyncToy, and Dropbox (free 2GB) to keep backups of the two user group newsletters that I edit, as well as my working blog posts. Steve Costello Computer user groups keep users informed, join one and become an active participant. http://card.ly/sefcug I use a USB thumbdrive, Microsoft’s SyncToy, and Dropbox (free 2GB) to keep backups of the two user group newsletters that I edit, as well as my working blog posts.

Steve Costello
Computer user groups keep users informed, join one and become an active participant.
http://card.ly/sefcug

]]> By: Navin http://www.dailywritingtips.com/back-up-your-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-216790 Navin Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:08:12 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=4102#comment-216790 Given the ubiquity of the Internet now, and how connected everyone is, one of the best ways to back anything up would be storing it online - email a copy of your work as an attachment to yourself, store it on an online doc or upload your file to an online storage facility. This is easy to do, doesn't call for anything more than an Internet connection, and makes your work accessible to you wherever you are. Given the ubiquity of the Internet now, and how connected everyone is, one of the best ways to back anything up would be storing it online – email a copy of your work as an attachment to yourself, store it on an online doc or upload your file to an online storage facility. This is easy to do, doesn’t call for anything more than an Internet connection, and makes your work accessible to you wherever you are.

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