How to Choose the Right Backup Plan

How to Choose the Right Backup Plan

You need a plan for backing up your photos, your work files, and all your other data. Whether it's a quick-and-dirty cheap solution or a more costly but highly redundant strategy, we've got you covered.

There are two kinds of people: Those who back up their data and those who haven't lost anything yet. I'll never get tired of that joke, because it's painfully true. Losing your files can be heartbreaking, career-ruining, and expensive if you try to recover them with the help of an expert. Backing them up yourself is a preventative measure that avoids all those issues. While backing up your data sounds like a tedious chore, it doesn't have to be. There's a backup solution for every kind of person—the lazy, the diligent, and people somewhere in between.
Take me, for example. I haven't gone to every possible length to make sure I have a watertight plan, but I've covered my bases by making sure my most important computer files, such as photos and current work documents, are saved and synced with a cloud storage service. My phone contacts are saved to iCloud Drive, Google Contacts, or both. If any one of my computers or phones were to crash, get stolen, or burn up in a fire, I'd be able to put the pieces of my digital life back together again, although it wouldn't be fun and it would take some time and effort. My backup plan isn't ideal, but it's better than nothing and good enough for the time being.
That's my take on backing up: Something is better than nothing.

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