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Re:Org Mode's new site by nunodonato on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:11AM (#24905641)
> 3. Obsess about backing up all of your org files because if you ever lose them you will literally have lost half of what you know.

all my org files are inside an org folder in Dropbox :) instant sync of my org system between computers :)

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Re:Org Mode's new site by jsilence on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:38AM (#24905769)
That is only a storage system. DB backup only covers the last 30 days.

Storage != Backup

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Re:Org Mode's new site by nunodonato on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @07:33AM (#24906407)
True! I don't worry much about backup, I do a copy once in a while of the whole folder to a different place. But those who care can automate that easily with a script and cron. When it's just plain text files, everything becomes easier :)
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Re:Org Mode's new site by jsilence on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @04:54AM (#24916676)
"I do a copy once in a while of the whole folder to a different place."

Yeah, that is a backup.

But I totally agree, it becomes much easier when stuff is plain text files!

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Re:Org Mode's new site by immigrantsheep on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @05:44AM (#24905795)
That's exactly what I have. And then I use Orgzly on my android phone and beorg on my ipad :)
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Re:Org Mode's new site by ungamed on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:17AM (#24907085)
I've got webdav export, it seems to be the sane way to sync with orgzly, what are you using ?
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Re:Org Mode's new site by immigrantsheep on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @11:45AM (#24908522)
I used to have my files stored on iCloud while it was only my Windows Desktop and my iPad but when I threw my Android phone in the mix I switched to Dropbox.

edit:spelling

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