Journal #8267

Posted 10 years ago2013-10-13 11:57:13 UTC
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You guys know when you've been working on something for around a month and a half straight... And then you lose it... And the only back-ups you have of it are over a month old.

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I'm going to cry.

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I am going to start backing-up like a b!tch in heat.

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At least I'm inspired to make a new yt series. (Might be just because I wanna complain about this ho XD)

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(Also, just so you guys know, I get really anti-social and stuff so I kinda disappear sometimes, but I'm still actually here, I just don't reply/talk.(think I'm getting over it now.))

10 Comments

Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 12:33:42 UTC Comment #67369
We know that feel... Loosing projects with crappy back up records.... I've lost about 25 high poly, highly detailed 3d aircraft models to crappy auto back up and shit...

Sorry for your loss though.
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 12:35:23 UTC Comment #67364
If you aren't afraid of learning new things I would suggest using a version control system. Not only do you get free backups and cloud storage, you also get full revision history if all your stuff. I use Git for my stuff, it's pretty simple to use once you get the hang of it. You can create an account at GitHub (public is free, private costs $7/month) or BitBucket (private is free) and download a client like SourceTree and you're pretty much done :)

Happy to go into more detail if you are interested!
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 13:06:25 UTC Comment #67362
Im a fan of google drive :-) and at least daily revisions.
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 13:32:22 UTC Comment #67361
A month old backups? Well, I would break stuff if that ever happened to me.
I usually backup the files I work on every hour. And still I get really pissed (who wouldn't) when I have to open an hour old backup.

I often use external HDDs but Penguinboy's suggestion is definetly far more efficient. To be honest though, nobody starts doing it until they lose something very very important. So, we all been there.
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 13:37:26 UTC Comment #67367
Does this stuff work with DropBox?
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 16:22:33 UTC Comment #67360
I backup anything I work on via SVN now. Assembla offer free hosting for files up to 500mb, then they charge through the nose. Otherwise, if you don't mind paying for it, use repositoryhosting.com. I pay £3.50 a month for 2gb with them.
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 17:27:30 UTC Comment #67365
it's a hard lesson to learn ;(
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-13 19:10:27 UTC Comment #67368
Sadly, these things happen. But, sometimes they're good. Last time I remember it happening to me, I lost about three months of work because I had no backups. I had to start over, but the end result was even better than what was lost. So it wasn't completely bad. Bear that in mind :)
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-14 06:22:08 UTC Comment #67366
^^
Oh yeah agreed STU. Sometimes it's shocking how much better your work is the second time go 'round :)
Commented 10 years ago2013-10-18 19:28:22 UTC Comment #67363
Because after that you're just like..
FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU..

//TURBO RAGE MODE
WORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORKWORK

The first time just turns into a practice run.

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