tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post3059762218863472127..comments2024-03-27T15:56:17.348+00:00Comments on Womag and other writing: A reminderPatsyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-71620423993611323842017-09-09T09:52:58.954+01:002017-09-09T09:52:58.954+01:00Dropbox is great especially if you are working on ...Dropbox is great especially if you are working on more than one computer or are collaborating. Where I was working once, someone wiped every single dropbox file off the computer. It panicked me at first until I found out how to restore them. Its really good for this, but the time limit means that if you don't realise its gone, you could go past the 30 day deadline and loose it completely -wannabe a writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06692361757891220849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-85321028857436303732017-09-09T09:15:18.439+01:002017-09-09T09:15:18.439+01:00I always, well nearly always, back up to DropBox. ...I always, well nearly always, back up to DropBox. I have a collection of data sticks which contain research, photos, short stories, novels (completed and the first few chapters). Just recently I have been searching for a short story to tweek, it took 3 data sticks to find it! Needless to say it is now backed up to DropBox....just got to remember which folder it has been save to.Michellehttps://fishsoupnovel.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-20373834514704244822017-09-07T16:23:59.285+01:002017-09-07T16:23:59.285+01:00Gulp - an awful possibility! I now use a separate ...Gulp - an awful possibility! I now use a separate small hard drive as well as a memory stick (or two) but have to remember to update it.Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-14556017297380090342017-09-06T10:01:55.019+01:002017-09-06T10:01:55.019+01:00Seaview, I love your technical terms!
Lindsay, it...Seaview, I love your technical terms!<br /><br />Lindsay, it's very easy to forget - I hope you've done a back up today?<br /><br />Simon, I can see the appeal of a cloud based system for anyone who is always going to be online when working, but it's not so good in my mobile office. I'd be in danger of working on, or saving the wrong version I think.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-74123719990712777642017-09-06T07:51:04.764+01:002017-09-06T07:51:04.764+01:00I do most of my writing in Scrivener, and those fi...I do most of my writing in Scrivener, and those files I store on Dropbox, which is a cloud service (and also syncs to my laptop). So that means I have copies of my work in the cloud, and on my laptop (when I next switch on my laptop and it syncs with the cloud). Dropbox also keeps copies of deleted files for 30 days. Anything I submit gets exported from Scrivener into Word format, and all those Simon Whaleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281341760411123469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-30848515203104667502017-09-05T16:41:45.447+01:002017-09-05T16:41:45.447+01:00A good reminder, I tend to be a bit careless, back...A good reminder, I tend to be a bit careless, backing up rather infrequently. I have been known to email myself docs that are important for back-up too.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04631254646368974136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-82536208217320139692017-09-05T16:31:35.853+01:002017-09-05T16:31:35.853+01:00I once thought I'd deleted a whole folder call...I once thought I'd deleted a whole folder called Poetry Forms that had lots of smaller folder with haiku, senryu, etc but eventually discovered that I'd moved it into another folder by mistake. Took me ages (and lots of panicking) to work it out! <br /><br />My husband works in IT so he has set up some sort of automatic back up to a drive (or something) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-29507432053258287472017-09-05T15:43:01.480+01:002017-09-05T15:43:01.480+01:00Oh ho, Carol! It's even worse if you did back ...Oh ho, Carol! It's even worse if you did back up and still lost it.<br /><br />Denise, I've thought I'd lost short stories because I'd changed the file name (which is always the story title) and could only remember the working title.Patsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12263765378083045973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-59799964388243570532017-09-05T15:19:52.198+01:002017-09-05T15:19:52.198+01:00In November last year, I 'lost' eight year...In November last year, I 'lost' eight years of work but, as I couldn't believe I had somehow wiped the file marked 'WRITING' off my computer, I took my computer to a computer shop. After one week of searching, he said he couldn't find the 'WRITING' file either.<br /><br />In July, eight months later, I found it, purely by accident. I had opened a new file, 'denisewatson.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6539691603325793063.post-51702514281052073502017-09-05T12:00:46.765+01:002017-09-05T12:00:46.765+01:00In 2016 I learnt this lesson. My desktop was on th...In 2016 I learnt this lesson. My desktop was on the way out, so I copied all my documents and pictures on it to a CD-only it didn't. But I had lots of it backed up on other CDs or memory sticks, so no worries I thought. <br /><br />Then came the Windows 10 computer; I hoped all my memory sticks would open, and most did, including the one with a complete first draft of my short novel. Carolbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05578076528292643928noreply@blogger.com