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Originally Posted by DrChiper
True, that's what I do. I configured my system to make about every 15 minutes a backup to the Cloud of every changed file since the last backup. In this manner I can loose only 15 minutes of work. At regularly intervals I make twice a full image-backup, on 2 different local backup-devices as 1 backup is no backup (the backup device can fail too)
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Yep. I don't have an automatic backup method, because Calibre (where I manage and edit my ebooks) doesn't like active syncing while it's open. I just run FreeFileSync on my calibre library after I've finished an editing session, and then I run Dropbox where I keep my cloud backup. It's all pretty fast anyway. For any other stuff that doesn't include Calibre, I also run Dropbox after I've finished work. And at regular intervals I make backups to three external drives. All this works well enough for me.
I've tried other cloud providers in the past, but IMO Dropbox is best. Others are either slower, more prone to conflicts and corruption, or both. Some have already gone out of business since I used them. I never have Dropbox running in the background, though, because of Calibre. I just switch it on and off as needed.