Back up my photos and important files so I never lose them
A simple backup setup for your phone and computer, with a cloud plus offline copy, and a test to prove it works.
The prompt
Help me set up a reliable backup for my photos and important files.
Devices: [e.g. iPhone, Android phone, Windows laptop, Mac, tablet]
What I want to protect: [e.g. family photos and videos, scanned documents, tax records, writing, music]
Roughly how much: [e.g. 5,000 photos, or the storage used on each device]
What I do now: [e.g. nothing, some photos in the cloud, an old USB drive]
Budget: [e.g. free only, a few dollars a month, one-time purchase OK]
Comfort with tech: [low / medium / high]
Give me:
1. A simple backup plan based on the 3-2-1 idea, explained in plain words: three copies, on two different kinds of storage, one kept somewhere else.
2. Options that fit my devices and budget: built-in cloud backup, other cloud services, an external drive. Give honest pros and cons, and mark prices [CHECK CURRENT PRICE].
3. Step-by-step setup for my main device, marking menu paths [CHECK ON MY DEVICE].
4. How to make sure backups happen automatically, and how to check that they're working.
5. A test: how to restore one photo and one file so I know I can get them back.
6. Privacy tips: turning on two-step verification for my cloud account, and what to do before selling or giving away an old device.
7. A reminder schedule: what to check monthly and yearly.
Keep steps short and in plain language. Warn me about common traps, like thinking syncing is the same as backup (deleting a file can delete it everywhere).
Highlighted [brackets] are blanks to replace with your own details.
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What to fill in
- e.g. iPhone, Android phone, Windows laptop, Mac, tablet
- e.g. 5,000 photos, or the storage used on each device
- e.g. nothing, some photos in the cloud, an old USB drive
- e.g. free only, a few dollars a month, one-time purchase OK
- low / medium / high
- CHECK CURRENT PRICE
- CHECK ON MY DEVICE
How this prompt is built
This prompt follows the Few-Shot structure (Few-shot prompting). A few-shot prompt includes one or more worked examples of the input and the output you want, so the model can copy the pattern instead of guessing it.
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