Today, most of us trust our lives’ most important work, events, and memories to digital storage. Jeff’s situation highlights two common problems: storage media doesn’t last forever, and modern software might not be able to read old files. Social media and trusting our data to the cloud only makes things more complicated. Our digital lives aren’t just on our devices, they’re spread across the entire Internet. How can we preserve our digital legacies, and make sure they’ll be accessible in the future? Here’s an in-depth look at how to ensure your digital life lasts forever.
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