Back up everything you spend time creating

Ephemerality is a beautiful thing

In the world of computing, ideally most of us want to spend our time on using the computer and creating things with it, not setting it up and tweaking it forever and ever.

Back up your stuff to cloud storage.

• PowerToys can export your configuration as a file.

  • Back it up.

• WinCompose has a custom sequences file.

  • Back it up.

• Windows settings can be saved and synchronized with your Microsoft account.

  • Do that.

    • (Although there are issues to consider.)

• Microsoft Office can synchronize your language & proofing tools to your Office account.

  • Do that too.

All these backups can greatly increase the speed with which you set up your next computer, which could be necessary all of a sudden for all kinds of reasons!

• Unexpected hard-drive failure (SSDs are more prone to sudden failure)

• Theft or loss of device

• Accidental deletion

• Forgot password to computer

• Malware, spyware, viruses, hackers

Everyone thinks they're invincible until something happens unexpectedly that totally derails their workflow. If such a thing happens to you, you want to be ready to set up your new computer as swiftly and easily as possible!

Back your stuff up!