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First Saturday of the New Year! :blobcatrainbow: 🎉

This is the perfect timing to backup your Mastodon data!

HOW TO❓

From the web interface:

1. Go to "Preferences" > "Import and export" and in the "Export" section click on "Request your archive" at the bottom :blocky_white_cursor:

2. Wait for the compressed file to be ready, it can take a few minutes. You might receive an email notification if you have set it up that way 🗜️

3. Once ready, in the same section click on "Download your archive"
(I like to save mine in a local folder I name "MastodonArchive_YYYYMMDD") 📁

4. Then, in the upper section of the same page click on each of the "CSV" buttons you see on the right side and save them in the same local folder 💾

5. Magic!✨

Note: You should probably do this more than once a year too 😉

#TinyMastodonTip #Mastodon #BackUp


Ich habe schon viele Backup-Lösungen ausprobiert, aber #Kopia bietet IMHO das beste Gesamtpaket. Dank der GUI ist es auch für Einsteiger (nach Eingewöhnung) leicht bedienbar. Falls ihr nach einer Backup-Lösung sucht: Unbedingt anschauen!

https://kopia.io/

#backup #linux #macos #windows #sicherheit #datenschutz #encryption


New to Linux? 🐧 Learn how to keep your files safe with simple archiving & backup tools like tar and rsync. 💾 My beginner-friendly guide explains it all step-by-step. Try the commands, share your experience, or ask questions in the comments! 🚀

Read here: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2025-01-03/

#Linux #Backup #Tech #Blog #tar #rsync #gzip
A terminal screenshot showing the output of the ls -l command in a Linux environment. The directory path is /restore-test/home/steve/backup-test. Two files, file1.txt and file2.txt, are listed with their permissions (-rw-rw-r--), owner (steve), group (steve), file size, and timestamps (Jan 3 08:00). The terminal has a dark theme with colored text for better readability.


#psa If you use #Dropbox and are a #writer or #author, do you know about the Offline Files Access changes in Dropbox? It affects Basic Plan (free) users only.

Empirically, Dropbox Basic syncs any changes you make anywhere to the cloud, but only indicates a sync occurred on devices (phones, tablets). In the Files app on iPhone, I see a ghost image with a down arrow in a cloud symbol beside files changed elsewhere. I have to open them to get them to sync locally. If I have no data access at my moment of need, the local file either doesn't exist yet or is out-of-date. For some reason, my Mac always syncs and downloads, at least if it is open. It's my iPhone (likely my iPad, too) that don't.

What cued me is the notifications in the Dropbox app.

I've attached a screenshot. The notifications imply this is a new monetization feature. Sadly, a good one from Dropbox's company standpoint as it may get many more people to pay a minimum of $120 a year. (BTW, #Apple #iCloud now offers Keep Downloaded even in their free 5 GB plan, though I'm still testing to see if I trust this always works.)

#Scrivener uses an API, which seems to cause my Mac to sync file last changed on iPhone or iPad when I turn on my Mac... However, sometimes I need to pause Dropbox syncing and resume it on my Mac to get the Scrivener files to sync. Could this be the cause of those intermittent sync errors I've been getting lately, because I'm not paying $10/m for offline access? I can't definitively say.

In any case, we Scrivener users know you need online access when opening Scrivener on iPad or iPhone to get the latest files, consistent with the issue. There's no auto-download feature in Scrivener for iPhone and iPad, and on the Mac it's the Dropbox app controlling the syncing... oh, my.

All this seems to imply that without a paid subscription, Basic Plan Dropbox isn't good for disaster recovery after all data access disappears (hurricane, earthquake, black out). Of course, if data is important to us, the retort is "Pay for your f***ing security!"

Has anyone looked into this?

Linked is the May 20, 2024 Dropbox FAQ on this, and it's somewhat inscrutable. The image is of the notifications I've received that imply some change.

Anyone want to analyze this?

Please boost so we might some who can discuss this. #boostingIsSharing

#backup #sync #cloud #writers #journalism #journalist #writingCommunity #writersOfMastodon #FreeSoftware

https://help.dropbox.com/sync/access-files-offline#How-to-keep-your-offline-files-and-folders-updated-on-the-Dropbox-mobile-app
My dropbox notifications:

Get offline access to all of your folders on all of your devices when you upgrade to Dropbox Plus. 1 hour ago

 Dropbox Plus gives you 2,000 GB of storage, advanced file protection, offline folders & more. last month