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by bhouston 531 days ago
Hmm... okay...

Why the SD Card thing when you can just use the built-in OS cloud syncing capabilities in Windows or MacOS?

Also you can take my M3 MacBook Air 15" from my cold dead hands. That laptop is ultra-lite, perfectly quiet, and ultra-fast. Wouldn't trade it for a 10 year old laptop.
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zamadatix 531 days ago
Not that I concur with the author's choices but they discuss why they don't use cloud halfway through the SD card section.

I'd be willing to bet your use cases and goals don't align with the author's. Which is fine, but remember the article is about why they did not why you must also be the same.

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cf100clunk 531 days ago
Old article... 2020. Maybe cloud syncing wasn't suitable for that person back then, I'm guessing.
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em-bee 531 days ago
cloud syncing a large disk (which today is at least 1TB or 2TB, but will grow in the future) won't ever be suitable.
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bhouston 531 days ago
Why not? Here in Canada true fiber to the home is available in most urban centers at up to 8Gbps speeds. You only make small changes usually if you are a normal person so not problems at all.

The only issue is cloud costs which are high for 2tbs in the cloud at this point.

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em-bee 531 days ago
ok, true. let me rephase that. there will always be places and situations for which cloud syncing is not a feasible solution. as a frequent traveler and digital nomad i am quite frequently in such places and situations and therefore i prefer to maximize my recovery options by not relying on cloud sync. (i do have a self-hosted cloud backup, but it is not a replacement for other recovery options)
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