Before the holidays, learn how to manage your digital life including what types of files to save, where to save them, how to make backups and what tools to use.

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• Best File type: Depends on your needs.  Save Raw files if you can
  
• Online Storage http://www.zdnet.com/the-top-10-personal-cloud-storage-services-7000011729/
  

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• Dropbox (Nancy’s favorite because photos load from her phone directly on to Dropbox)
  
• iCloud
  
• Google Drive
  
• Microsoft Sky Drive (Windows 8)
  

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• Hard Drive Backup: LaCie Iomega  You can even make your own personal Cloud.
  
• Data Disaster Plan—Send to a relative in a different state
  
• If you have multiple copies of the same file on your laptop, invest in a program that finds multiples to get back disk space