Baby pictures.. That's really sad… Reminds me of when the executive editor of wired magazine, Matt Honan, trusted all of his baby pictures and movies to iCloud only for it to get hacked and have it all deleted. Always have that off-line back up.

3-2-1 rule still alive and well

3 copies, 2 different media, 1 off-site

But also, what a fucking disgrace, Microsoft

Edit to add: cloud plus synced hard drives do not count as separate copies

This is a good opportunity to shill for Immich

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48761944

With the barest of config, it's almost a drop-in replacement

I bought a Synology Beestation just for this purpose. I don't need it to do anything else, just keep my pictures backed up.