<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><title>triplicate blog</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/"/><link rel="self" href="https://triplicate.in/blog/feed.xml"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/</id><updated>2026-09-22T09:00:00+00:00</updated><entry><title>Backing up Tally and the billing PC: a guide for restaurant owners</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/tally-and-billing-pc-backup-for-restaurants/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/tally-and-billing-pc-backup-for-restaurants/</id><published>2026-09-22T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-09-22T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Where Tally keeps your company data, why a pen drive is not enough, a five-minute daily routine for the manager, and what to do the day the billing PC dies.</summary></entry><entry><title>Test your restores: an untested backup is a hope</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/test-your-restores/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/test-your-restores/</id><published>2026-09-08T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-09-08T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Backups fail quietly. A practical routine for testing restores at home and at work, what to check, how often, and what to write down.</summary></entry><entry><title>What every restaurant should back up (and how often)</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/what-should-a-restaurant-back-up/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/what-should-a-restaurant-back-up/</id><published>2026-08-12T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-08-12T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Ledgers, billing data, GST records, supplier bills, aggregator payouts, licences and staff records. A plain list of what a restaurant should back up, where it usually lives, and how often to copy it.</summary></entry><entry><title>Why keep a backup copy on another continent?</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/why-multi-continent-replication/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/why-multi-continent-replication/</id><published>2026-07-21T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-07-21T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Regional outages, provider risk, latency and data residency: the trade-offs of keeping one backup copy far away, with a different storage provider.</summary></entry><entry><title>Organising bills, receipts and warranties so you can find them when it counts</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/organising-bills-and-warranties/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/organising-bills-and-warranties/</id><published>2026-06-09T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-09T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Thermal receipts fade, GST invoices get lost and warranty claims need proof. A simple system for Indian households to keep bills findable for repairs and ITR.</summary></entry><entry><title>How to back up an IMAP mailbox</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/how-to-back-up-an-imap-mailbox/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/how-to-back-up-an-imap-mailbox/</id><published>2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Step-by-step: back up Gmail, Zoho Mail, Outlook or any IMAP mailbox using app passwords, IMAP sync tools and mbox exports, and keep the copy useful.</summary></entry><entry><title>RPO and RTO explained</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/rpo-and-rto-explained/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/rpo-and-rto-explained/</id><published>2026-04-07T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-04-07T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Recovery Point Objective and Recovery Time Objective in plain terms, how to pick sensible values, and how they shape your backup design and costs.</summary></entry><entry><title>Ransomware recovery for small businesses</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/ransomware-recovery-small-business/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/ransomware-recovery-small-business/</id><published>2026-03-17T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-03-17T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>What to do in the first hours after ransomware hits a small business, how backups decide the outcome, and how to prepare before it happens.</summary></entry><entry><title>The DPDP Act and where your backups live</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/dpdp-act-where-your-data-lives/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/dpdp-act-where-your-data-lives/</id><published>2026-02-24T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-24T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>An overview of India&#x27;s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023 as it relates to backups and storage location. General information, not legal advice.</summary></entry><entry><title>Backing up photos, SMS and WhatsApp: a practical guide for Indian phone users</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/backing-up-photos-sms-whatsapp-india/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/backing-up-photos-sms-whatsapp-india/</id><published>2026-02-03T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-02-03T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>How to protect the photos, bank SMS and WhatsApp chats on your phone, what each built-in backup covers, and where the gaps are on Android and iPhone.</summary></entry><entry><title>3-2-1-1-0: immutable backups and verified restores</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/3-2-1-1-0-immutable-backups/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2026/3-2-1-1-0-immutable-backups/</id><published>2026-01-13T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-01-13T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>The extended backup rule adds one offline or immutable copy and zero errors after verification. What each addition means and how to put it into practice.</summary></entry><entry><title>Backup vs sync: why Google Drive, iCloud and OneDrive are not backups</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/backup-vs-sync/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/backup-vs-sync/</id><published>2025-12-16T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-12-16T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Sync keeps files identical everywhere, including your mistakes. Backup keeps older copies you can return to. The difference matters when things go wrong.</summary></entry><entry><title>Why your phone is not a backup</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/why-your-phone-is-not-a-backup/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/why-your-phone-is-not-a-backup/</id><published>2025-11-25T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-25T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Your phone holds years of photos, chats and documents, but it is one device that can be lost, stolen, dropped or wiped. Here is how to think about it.</summary></entry><entry><title>What is the 3-2-1 backup rule?</title><link href="https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/what-is-the-3-2-1-backup-rule/"/><id>https://triplicate.in/blog/2025/what-is-the-3-2-1-backup-rule/</id><published>2025-11-04T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2025-11-04T09:00:00+00:00</updated><summary>Three copies, two kinds of storage, one copy somewhere else. What the 3-2-1 rule means, where it came from, and the mistakes people make applying it.</summary></entry></feed>