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SPRING 2018
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Back up your data. "Once it's
gone, it's gone," warns Timo-
thy Hinton, president and CEO of
the nonprofi t American Consumer
Council. If you haven't converted
to the cloud, where data backs
up regularly, back up data twice
weekly. Let the fi les burn to a disc
or other storage option at night
while you're sleeping, Hinton sug-
gests, and rest easy.
Try adopting these six tech habits this year
By Jennifer C. Smith
Best tech behavior
Tablets, laptops, smartphones, fi tness track-
ers and more make our lives easier — and
more complicated. From getting hacked
to losing photos when your smartphone
crashes, digital woes can seriously disrupt
your day. But there are ways to tame tech
and use it to your best advantage.
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