Comments on: How to Protect Yourself from a Computer Crash https://filthyrichwriter.com/copywriting-qa-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable/ Tips, tools, & training for new and aspiring copywriters. Thu, 26 Oct 2023 00:52:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Nicki Krawczyk https://filthyrichwriter.com/copywriting-qa-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-334836 Mon, 21 Sep 2015 17:15:32 +0000 http://filthyrichwriter.com/?p=2127#comment-334836 In reply to Yocheved.

Hi Yocheved,

That’s a great point! Google Docs adds a lot of flexibility to the “where and when” of how you can work! And you can’t beat automatic backups. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

]]> By: Yocheved https://filthyrichwriter.com/copywriting-qa-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-321898 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:48:10 +0000 http://filthyrichwriter.com/?p=2127#comment-321898 Write on Google Docs, for free, with autosaves every two minutes or less! You can sign in from any computer in the world and access every word you ever wrote. Google Docs has most of the features you use on Microsoft Word or Pages, with an option of downloading to Word or other formats should you need other features. Reviews, edits and sharing are at least 200% simpler.

I switched from using Word to writing on Google Docs- it was one of my smartest decisions as a copywriter. My CD and I can edit together at different computers. I don’t have to keep sending the same documents with every update, because Google always lets everyone I share a document with know when there’s changes. Its structure lets me organize all my documents and projects in a simpler and faster way. No need to press ctrl/cmmd S every few minutes or run a backup; you’re writing directly on the cloud itself. And working on Google Docs has saved me at least an hour a day with all its advantages, and a whole lot of anxiety over lost, missing, or damaged documents.

]]> By: Nicki Krawczyk https://filthyrichwriter.com/copywriting-qa-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-120752 Thu, 05 Jun 2014 11:15:29 +0000 http://filthyrichwriter.com/?p=2127#comment-120752 In reply to Jonathan Westwood.

Hi Jonathan,

Ah, great point! I couldn’t figure out how to get Dropbox to save automatically so I didn’t include it, but you’ve solved it for me. 🙂

Thanks for commenting!
Nicki

]]> By: Jonathan Westwood https://filthyrichwriter.com/copywriting-qa-how-to-protect-yourself-from-the-inevitable/comment-page-1/#comment-120435 Tue, 03 Jun 2014 13:40:58 +0000 http://filthyrichwriter.com/?p=2127#comment-120435 It’s also worth mentioning Dropbox (no, I don’t work for them and I’m not on commission). If you change your default save folder in (e.g.) Microsoft Word to your Dropbox, each autosave will save in real time to your Dropbox. If you pay for a Dropbox account it also saves (I think) 30 days’ worth of previous versions of a file, so you’re definitely able to ‘roll back’ to find that great copy the next morning!

Depending on your viewpoint, Dropbox has the advantage/disadvantage of not backing up the whole of your system files – just the documents/working files you want it to save.

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