My son's M1 Air CPU died suddenly. Maybe it was a thermal death from overheating. Not sure. But all the data on it was lost because the storage is soldered on. PSA to make sure devices with non-removable storage are backed up!

(We replaced it with a Framework... with removable storage.)

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tynorf 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> PSA to make sure devices with non-removable storage are backed up!

Really this should be devices full stop. Also, "backed up" should include no fewer than two backups on different media and in different physical locations e.g. Time Machine to an external SSD _plus_ continuous cloud backup.

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Schiendelman 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Isn't icloud backup on by default??

	▲	simonh 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Kind of, but without a sub you only get a trivial amount of storage.

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dzhiurgis 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Can't a decent shop desolder it tho?

	▲	judge2020 2 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		That's a big ask. Probably only work the few hundred it'd take to do that, then get the data off it, if you had some super important documents // crypto wallet.
	▲	bdavbdav 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Key is held on a separate chip unfortunately

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samatman 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a not-very-large subset of the ways you can permanently lose data which exists in only one copy. Have a Time Machine. No step two.

> We replaced it with a Framework... with removable storage.

Cool. How are you backing it up?