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Figure 28-6 Using a thumb drive to store favorite kid pix

Manual backups are fine, but the cold, hard truth is that Bayland Widgets

is a lot more likely to survive a disaster or freak accident if they have a

backup script or program that automatically runs on a schedule (such as every

night or once an hour), configured to save everything important. In this case,

Chris would need to set up and schedule the appropriate script(s) or

application(s), configure them to capture critical files, and confirm the

backups run as scheduled.

Both Windows and macOS feature automatic, local, file-level backups

through File History and Time Machine, respectively, as you will recall from

Chapter 14. These work best with an external mass storage drive plugged into

a USB port. These are better than manual backups and fine for recovering

non-critical files that get accidentally deleted or overwritten, but a backup

strategy for protecting your organization’s critical data will require third-

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