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created: 20140419132828051
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modified: 20140919154434409
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tags: [[Working with TiddlyWiki]]
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title: The First Rule of Using TiddlyWiki
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type: text/vnd.tiddlywiki
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! Horror Stories
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Every so often, TiddlyWiki users report heart-rending tales of personal data loss on the discussion groups:
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> My entire TiddlyWiki has just been wiped out when Firefox crashed during saving a tiddly.
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https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/oG2L7OXhUoI/discussion
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> Last time I used it was last night at home on my Windows 7 desktop, hit the check mark to stop editing my last entry, it then saves via TiddlyFox and I eject my USB drive. I came to work this morning, plugged in my USB, enter my TW5 password and it doesn't want to open after several attempts. I browse to my TW5 html file and notice that my file size is no longer 3MB.. instead it is 80KB. This leads me to believe I lost everything.
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https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/SXStDJ0ntGI/discussion
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Don't let it happen to you!
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!! The first rule of using TiddlyWiki is:
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<p style="font-size:40pt;line-height:48pt;font-weight:700;color:red;">
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Backup your data!
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</p>
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TiddlyWiki is a very flexible, customisable system that puts you firmly in charge of your own data. Every care is taken in TiddlyWiki's development to ensure that it is a safe place to preserve your most valuable data but the ultimate responsibility to reduce the risk of data loss falls to users.
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The best way to make sure that your data is safe is to practise a rigorous system of backups:
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* Consider using services like Dropbox to continuously back up your personal data to the cloud. (Dropbox [[has a neat feature|https://www.dropbox.com/help/11]] whereby they keep track of previous versions of files)
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* Retain backups before upgrading to a new version of TiddlyWiki
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* Figure out and protect yourself from the worst case scenarios: what if your USB stick or hard drive fails? What if your computer is hit by a ransomeware virus?
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* Be defensive and redundant: for example, take multiple backups and keep them in separate physical locations
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