Backing Up Your Device: What to Know Before Something Goes Wrong
Digital Life Essentials’ Tech Tips by Titi
Most people assume their photos, documents, and important files are safe because they’re on their device. They’re there. They’re accessible. That feels like enough.
It isn’t.
A device is a single point of failure. It can be lost, stolen, damaged, or simply stop working without warning. When that happens, anything stored only on that device goes with it. Photos from the last five years. Documents you need for work. Contacts, notes, records you relied on without realizing how much until they were gone.