I know you'll back up all those photos on your phone someday, but you should do it today. Just get a little external or portable hard drive, plug it into your phone, and make a backup. Trust me: It's so much easier than trying to recover them after your phone dies.
\n\nIdeally, choose a solid-state drive whenever possible—they're fast and durable. But which SSD, you ask? Great question. I’ve tested dozens so far, using all kinds of devices and operating systems, to figure out what works best and where. But don't dismiss a traditional hard disk drive (HDD), as it's still useful and cheaper for backing up everything on your computer. These are my top picks for the most common use cases.
\n\nA word of warning: The AI race and its accompanying flurry of memory-hungry data centers are driving prices sky-high, with no end in sight. Drives in this guide have quadrupled in price in the past six months. For example, 8-TB SSDs are selling for more than a new MacBook Air, which has itself gone up $200 to help cover surging memory costs.
\n\nCheck out our other guides, including How to Back Up and Move Your Photos Between Services…
Original source: https://www.wired.com/