You are not logged in. (This is why you keep backups
I know that people like me are always on about backing-up your files, mostly because hard drives do fail, even if you think it will never happen to you. For example, a few months ago my laptop hard drive failed completely despite me treating it very well.
But there’s another point. Apple advertised their backup system “Time Machine” as being “in case you accidentally delete something”. I have to confess to rubbishing this principle slightly. I have accidentally deleted a folder once, but that was with a broken mouse on an Acorn computer, before the recycle bin or trash was invented. With the recycle bin, you get a second chance.
Actually, it’s handy for something you created years ago, and deleted thinking you’ll never need it again.
I just recovered a detailed summary of some work experience I did a few years ago, which means I don’t have to search the dustier corners of my memory when writing my CV. This was kept on an old backup from not just before I switched to a Mac, but from before I did a system recovery on my laptop thinking I’d saved everything.
Moral of the story: Backups are fantastic.
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