Backups – Why You Need Then, and How to Plan Them
Threats, Risks, and Backups: Things go wrong. Devices fail and are subject to accidents, cyberattacks, theft, loss, fire, and natural disasters. You can protect your devices from some of these threats. Other threats can be mitigated but not completely eliminated. If an unanticipated event occurred that rendered your device unusable or unavailable, what would you lose? Does your device store irreplaceable or costly-to-replace data: · Tax, financial, legal, or medical documents? · Work products? · Photos, videos, or recordings? Maintaining one or more current backups of your valuable data and/or entire system is a critical security layer that can mitigate the risks associated with the threats listed above. Backups: Backups are copies of your data and/or system stored on a different device or in the cloud. If you want to back up a Mac, just use Apple’s Time Machine, and if you need coaching, we’d be happy to help. If you have a PC, you sho