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How safe is your text on this? What if this thing breaks or has some glitch? Is there some form of cloud backup? I'd be terrified of losing data to this thing.
by mosselman 6y ago
How safe is your text on this? What if this thing breaks or has some glitch? Is there some form of cloud backup? I'd be terrified of losing data to this thing.
- TedDoesntTalk 6y agoIf you read the article, you’ll learn the only method of getting data off the device is via usb connection to a host computer.
- mosselman 6y agoYou caught me, I didn't read the whole thing.
- stu2b50 6y agoNope, if it breaks, it's lost. However, I don't really think that's a practical issue. The workflow is going to be one where you write in chunks, and then copy over to your computer. After all, part of the appeal is that you can't edit anything beyond what you're currently typing right now, like a typewriter. However, you still need to edit eventually, and that naturally forces you to move data occasionally to your computer. And even if it does break, you probably remember what you wrote enough to recreate it anyway. If you're writing hundreds of pages at a time, it's probably a mess anyway.
- Shared404 6y agoIt seems like if you transfer over your work after every writing session it shouldn't be a serious issue.
- falcolas 6y agoBased on the article, it's simple enough to just use your computer to back up the text. They seem to adopt a flow of "write for 30-60 minutes, upload to a computer". It also seems stupid-simple enough that losing data will require a pretty major event (i.e. more than just a power loss).