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External Storage Prices Are Climbing, So This 40% Off Western Digital 1TB SSD Deal Feels Like a Miracle

The best time to start backing up your precious files is yesterday.

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You need to back up your files. One spilled glass of water onto your laptop or one lost backpack and you might have to say goodbye to every document and picture you ever stored on there.

Yeah, you can keep your files in a cloud service such as iCloud or Microsoft OneDrive, but it isn’t the same as having a physical drive where your files live and don’t depend upon access to the internet cloud. A smart user would use both, not one or the other.

The only problem is that AI’s insatiable appetite for computer components has driven the cost of external storage drives through the roof. Just ask Apple, which raised prices on a slew of products earlier this week. Imagine how good it felt to be........

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