Tagged “backups”
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Paper, digital, or both
A scan is a photograph of the information, not the information. Knowing what each format preserves and silently drops decides which one you need.
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What happens to metadata
The date attached to a file is not the date on the receipt, and it changes when you copy things. Put what matters where copying can't touch it.
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A synced folder is not a backup
Sync propagates deletions and corruption as faithfully as it propagates files. Two copies of one live folder is one copy with extra steps.