Graham, That's interesting! haha yes, sometimes I have a similar problem of knowing I made a backup but forgetting where. That's why I'm switching to using a version control system. I think these are better than and dropbox-like alternative because of regressions. You often don't want to go back to a previous version, you just want to figure out what went wrong. I think that version control systems are the best for this.
Glad everything is fine! Best, Xu On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Graham Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Xu, > > I don't mean to be parental, but this should be a good reminder to you >> that it's always good to save frequently and to save many different >> versions. Ideally you should look into a version control system (which LyX >> actually supports!), but at the least, make multiple backups, and not just >> one one machine. > > > Or, to remember that a back up exists!! > > All my documents are in a Dropbox folder which is then synced to three > different computers including one off site, as well as the Dropbox servers. > > > Dropbox records a snapshot of every save for the last 30 days, and saves > them on their server. They also do a paid version which saves snapshots for > longer than 30 days. > > I save frequently, indeed looking at the log on Dropbox I seem to save > every two to three minutes and I have 22 pages of snapshots. > > I had forgotten all about this until your comments above. However, the > free Dropbox solution isn't going to help if I come back to a document in 6 > months time, as it only keeps the versions for 30 days, rather than keeping > 30 days worth of versions (if you see what I mean), which I hadn't > realised. So I will need to think about that, and thanks fro raising it. > > Graham > > > > >
