I've written in the past a post about how home networks are becoming rather similar to the small offices of the past, and regarding my home-network backup solution, and a small event today reminded my how a good backup policy can make life so much easier.
My kid was drawing something, and as it sometimes happens to any computer user, he accidentally saved his recent work over a pervious stage that he needed for later. Most home backup solutions leave you empty handed as a home-system-administrator.
But our choice in dropbox as our home backup solution meant that I could come to the rescue. Using version history we quickly found the previous version, copied aside the most recent, and restored.
If you don't know about dropbox version history, you might wish to read about it in their help section.
It isn't a feature you use everyday, but over the last few years since it has been introduced, it has been a life-saver on more than one occasion.
p.s
Just to make it clear: this isn't anything sponsored by dropbox. I am an independent user of this service, paying like all their users, and just wanted to recommend a really helpful service.
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