Happy Tuesday,

I was off last week and took time to do plenty of nothing, but I made sure to enjoy stick season in the woods with Owen. This time of year is one of my favorites—so much of the landscape is visible with the leaves down, and it’s still easy to explore the forests without several feet of snow to plow through.

Just before I left for vacation, I had to tell a customer that his data was lost due to failure of his internal drive. It was a fairly uncommon situation, as his computer is a current-generation MacBook Air, which comes exclusively with solid-state storage. Solid-state drives (SSDs) are known for their speed and reliability, and this customer was so confident in this emerging technology that he hadn’t backed up in a few months.

While failure of SSDs is rare when compared to failure rates of traditional hard drives, it does happen; with the popularity of the MacBook Air, it’s important to remember that no one is immune to data loss. There’s no excuse for this, especially when backing up is so easy and seamless with Time Machine. If you’re not backing up, start doing it today.

As always, thanks for reading, and keep in touch.

Matt
matt@smalldog.com