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The original was posted on /r/selfhosted by /u/TheBoyfried on 2025-02-17 12:13:13+00:00.
You often hear stories about "why didn't I set up a backup system earlier" or "all my files are lost, how can I recover them".
Today I want to share a success story and praise Kopia for it's great features.
So I am a programmer and all my code is safely versioned with git. The teeny tiny exception are local credentials that you do not version for security best practices. As it should happen either by an accident, a clean up or an IDE update these local files were deleted from the system and I was really afraid to have lost some days to re-create them with all necessary credentials and paths.
But a configured Kopia for the win and an easy UI on windows I was able to recover each and every file with such simplicity and speed. This was also the first time I understand the importance of snapshots.
Render me a happy guy. I now am an all-in fan of Kopia! Be safe, backup your files, all the best.