UnderOpenSky
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Like phones. Not like computers. You'd need to find some pretty ancient hardware that won't run Win 10, even if perhaps you can, maybe you shouldn't.
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Like phones. Not like computers. You'd need to find some pretty ancient hardware that won't run Win 10, even if perhaps you can, maybe you shouldn't.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Yes. Chromebooks are pretty secure, but generally its a good idea with tech to install them as they patch vulnerabilities.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Kind of fustratingly, despite being x86 rather then Arm, it appears my Acer is a bugger to get Linux on, which is what I'd planned to do with it when it got end of life. I've been given a very posh work laptop, so was going to bring the project forward, but it really looks like way to much ball ache.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
don’t updates wipe your saved files?
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
No, but the ethos of a chromebook is that anything important should be in your drive.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
aye, that’s why i am always reluctant to update as it will be wiped
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I've never had it happen and I've had mine a few years. That said on any computer if you have data you can't live without if it breaks or gets nicked tomorrow, then it should be backed up! The joy of Google drive is means if you wipe a chromebook, it takes seconds to pick up where you left off.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
aye, i have that but haven’t found out how to backup to it automatically
Throbbing Angel
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Does the browser still receive Chrome updates after eol?
Throbbing Angel
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UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Just make sure everything is saved in drive and not in downloads.
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hiraethified
The updates don't touch your files.
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hiraethified
And that's where it will be automatically, unless you've fiddled around with default settings.
That's one of the best things about Chromebooks: if someone nicks yours you can guy/borrow another one, log in and everything comes back - files, programs, apps, photos - the lot!
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
ah phew, was always reluctant in case it did
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
not sure how to do that, but my Google Drive doesn’t have much space
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
sorry but do you mean the hard drive or the cloud?
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hiraethified
The cloud. Everything gets saved there by default. You might have to buy a bit more space off Google at some point but it's worth it.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
do you know if there’s an option to pay a one off fee rather than a monthly charge for any cloud storage?
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hiraethified
You can pay yearly, but there's no option I can see for unlimited storage time for a one-off fee.
Throbbing Angel
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If you have an Office subscription you have storage included with that. You get 5gb for free via OneDrive. But it's another place to go to retrieve stuff, so a pain if you 'live' in the Google ecosystem.
100gb is £16 a year on Google One
Good ist here: Free Online Storage
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I think I pay £1.50 a month for a 100gb. Not just because of the chromebook. It also backs up all my important stuff from my PC and syncs it with my chromebook and other devices. Can even get to it from my phone. Bargain tbh.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i tried that but it always came out of my bank account when it was empty, so had to stop
i still use it cos it’s the only way for me to transfer music files from the Chromebook to my iphone as you can’t download directly onto an iphone, but there’s not enough capacity for the music files i want to keep
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Ah sorry. On Google drive. Chromebooks basically look at anything local as disposal.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
aye this is why i avoided the updates
Throbbing Angel
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I think you get 5gb of iCloud storage for free - which you might have if you have an icloud account - which you should if you have an iDevicei tried that but it always came out of my bank account when it was empty, so had to stop
i still use it cos it’s the only way for me to transfer music files from the Chromebook to my iphone as you can’t download directly onto an iphone, but there’s not enough capacity for the music files i want to keep
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
that’s not enough though. and would rather store my files in one place
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
i tried that but it always came out of my bank account when it was empty, so had to stop
That fair enough. How important is this data? You can get 64gb usb sticks/sd cards for £5 to £7. Obviously you need to swap them to ensure the data is safe.
Updates dont do this. Its more a general principal that data that is stored in one place, on any medium, not just chromebooks could be gone tomorrow, which is why a backup of some kind is so important. If your skint I totally get that drive isn't for you, but it's honestly the best thing to happen to most users, because they just don't have to think about it.
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hiraethified
The updates have absolutely nothing to do with how much space you're using, neither do they affect downloaded files in any way at all.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
i’m not skint, just crap at having money in my account at fixed dates. i store films and things in USB sticks but my music is a day to day thing so they’re not right for that
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
that’s a relief, ta
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