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Old 11-18-2019, 10:49 AM   #31
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Compresses to save space, and makes the transfer to the external drive almost instant. Not necessary. I just find it easier.
This is my main reason for zipping my league files. In intervals I move my league file either to Dropbox or an USB stick; moving just the one file saves a dramatic amount of time compared to moving like 120k files in a folder.

Re redundancy; external hard drives are great - but they're not Dropbox or any other online storage. If your house burns down, the hard drive will melt as well. Once you've twiddled with a league for seven years you want some more security.

To be REALLY sure, I should stash a second USB stick with a friend. I mean, what's the chance that both our houses burn down AND Dropbox goes out of business?
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