My hard drive dying taught me to never trust one save spot for art

I always figured saving to my computer was fine until the drive fried and wiped my whole showcase project. Now I save a copy to my external drive and dropbox after every edit session. It's a few extra clicks but saved me when my software glitched last time. Seriously, backup your stuff before you learn the hard way like I did.

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jessicajohnson6mo ago

Tbh that's the universe giving you the world's worst art lesson. Nothing like a dead drive to teach you about paranoia the hard way. Honestly the only thing it saved was your future self from making the same mistake.

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jackson.oscar6mo ago

Feel that pain, learned to back up everything twice now.

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the_willow6mo ago

Maybe it's not that deep though. A dead drive is mostly just a pain, not some big life lesson. People act like losing some files changes everything, but usually it's just vacation photos and half-finished projects.

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