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submitted 2 days ago by jared@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Do you keep everything in "downloads" or have file trees 100 folders deep?

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ideally:

Well-organized set of frequently-used and recent files on my laptop
Media and old documents on my NAS, synced to an external hard drive I can remove for travel
Each device/non-backup drive/USB drive/SD card backed up to its own folder on a large external drive
A duplicate of said drive from another manufacturer
An archival copy of my documents and photos (encrypted on microSD ofc) that I carry with me
Additional copy of the most important stuff on M-Discs

Reality:

Controlled mess on my laptop
Dumping ground of random YT videos and CD rips on my NAS
A well-curated external drive prepared in my pandemic free time
An external drive with somewhat periodic backups of my devices alongside every unsorted file. I worry that some file paths have grown too long
Duplicate of the two above on one large external drive
Another external drive with files and backups of dubious usefulness that I refuse to delete
An outdated copy of my documents and photos on an everyday carry microSD
A stack of unused M-Discs

[–] jared@mander.xyz 4 points 1 day ago

This is the one that hit home for me.