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Re:Parents: Are Your Kids Backing Up Their Data? by Brajeshwar on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:42AM (#39715375)
I like the idea and have been thinking of a simpler yet effective method. For now, I've set my family devices to be;

- All settings, the app preferences, app data are saved via iCloud, so their game preferences are carried over when changing devices.

- I've added cheap portable drives as Time Machines for their MacBook. My daughter thinks I'm a geeky magician when I let her fly through time to recover her work/play.

I'm yet to make them learn and think in terms of files and not just apps. They have no concept of saving!

Edit: Removed the cheesy photo.

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Re:Parents: Are Your Kids Backing Up Their Data? by theprivacydad on Friday March 15, 2024 @12:48PM (#39717781)
I taught in high school for several decades and can tell you I saw this shift happen over the past 15 years (by the way I saw my students were just using search rather than folder hierarchies.)
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Re:Parents: Are Your Kids Backing Up Their Data? by tibbydudeza on Friday March 15, 2024 @09:51AM (#39715468)
> I'm yet to make them learn and think in terms of files and not just apps. They > >have no concept of saving!

Mobile apps have taken that concept away due to firewalled apps and privacy - just wish Android and iOS would use some kind of meta tagging system when saving documents.

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