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theducks · 04-08-2025, 06:32 AM

Backups OF ALMOST ALL files is best done with the least amount of user apps running.
In use files can get 'locks' (to control multiple access),

Also, find some way to check your backups are Really Being Completed as set up. ("I have the backups" , I look at the log and the last one completed was 2 months ago

)

You don't (normally) need to backup apps that you can STILL download (eg Calibre), Jest the User data (Library And Settings folders).
The Backup issue that rears UGLY is when the source site goes dark or needs a fresh License Key to (re)activate. Hopefully, the creators of these programs has a continuity plan set up, just in case they get hit by a bus.

04-08-2025, 06:32 AM	#21
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 31,133 Karma: 60406498 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Backups OF ALMOST ALL files is best done with the least amount of user apps running. In use files can get 'locks' (to control multiple access), Also, find some way to check your backups are Really Being Completed as set up. ("I have the backups" , I look at the log and the last one completed was 2 months ago ) You don't (normally) need to backup apps that you can STILL download (eg Calibre), Jest the User data (Library And Settings folders). The Backup issue that rears UGLY is when the source site goes dark or needs a fresh License Key to (re)activate. Hopefully, the creators of these programs has a continuity plan set up, just in case they get hit by a bus.