Absolutely - regular backups are essential for any files, tiddlywiki or otherwise. Not only could the hard drive fail at any minute, but the computer could also be stolen (experienced both)
On Thursday, 27 February 2014 19:27:30 UTC, runfore...@gmail.com wrote: > > I'm running Linux and using the TiddlyDesktop client. I didn't delete > anything, the power in my house just got shut off, and when I returned to > my wiki I was wondering why it wouldn't open up with the password. I then > inspected the file and it went down to 17.6kb from 16 megs! I checked out > the file and it seems to be intact, the tags which open also close and it's > just the encrypted part that isn't understandable. So it seems somehow like > the power loss "wiped out" the entire content of the file. > > I really recommend everyone here to back up your stuff. I made the mistake > of assuming that having already saved the file would preserve the wiki's > integrity... and paid the price. If I can lose all of my data in a sudden > power loss, so can you. It's going to take a month minimum to recover from > the loss so at least learn from my example and backup somewhere else. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tiddlywiki+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to tiddlywiki@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
