{"id":17844,"date":"2013-04-01T14:56:29","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T19:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=17844"},"modified":"2014-05-22T13:25:42","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T18:25:42","slug":"having-a-backup-plan-is-no-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/17844-having-a-backup-plan-is-no-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Having A Backup Plan Is No Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/hard-drives\/Data-Backup-Solutions\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-17848\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Storage_FrontTop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"106\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Storage_FrontTop.jpg 280w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Storage_FrontTop-190x72.jpg 190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a>There&#8217;s a good chance you were spending the holiday yesterday in the company of your irreplaceable family members and friends. There&#8217;s also a good chance you were too busy to spend any time with something else that&#8217;s irreplaceable \u2013 your data.<\/p>\n<p>March 31 was World Backup Day\u00a0\u2013 a yearly tradition that\u00a0serves as a friendly reminder for you to double-check your backups or establish a backup plan for your important data if you haven\u2019t already done so.\u00a0And despite <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/April_Fools'_Day\">the spirit of today&#8217;s tradition<\/a>, having reliable backup options is no joke.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Computers are constantly becoming more intertwined with our daily lives. They are modern substitutes for our photo albums, bookshelves and file cabinets. And we simply can&#8217;t risk losing our pictures, videos, music or other important documents. Of course, with proper backup, you can protect yourself against hardware malfunctions, viruses, corruption, or even theft.<\/p>\n<p>There are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/15145-have-multiple-backups-for-extra-protection\">plenty of ways you can secure your data<\/a>.\u00a0And luckily, OWC has everything you need to make sure your computer\u2019s data is backed up and secure, including <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/internal_storage\/hard_drives_and_SSD\">hard drives<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/shop\/firewire\/\">external storage solutions<\/a>\u00a0so you can take your data anywhere you need it.<\/p>\n<p>So, even though World Backup Day was yesterday, there&#8217;s still time to guard against any disaster. 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