Back up your photos in two places
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A backup is a copy of your important data stored in a separate, safe location, and photographs are among the files that cannot be replaced. For irreplaceable items the UK's National Cyber Security Centre suggests keeping one copy in the cloud and another on removable media such as an external drive.
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How to start
- Read the National Cyber Security Centre or Federal Trade Commission guidance on backing up.
- Turn on automatic backup of your photos to a cloud storage account protected by a strong password and two-step verification.
- Copy the same photos to an external hard drive, check that the recent ones are there, and disconnect the drive.
Where to go
- National Cyber Security Centre guidance on backing up your data (UK government) UK
- Federal Trade Commission video and transcript, "Back It Up" (US government) US
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