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Undo your Mistakes!

Sometimes we make mistakes.  Fortunately, sometimes we can undo our mistakes.   Undo is a command or option in many computer or phone programs that undoes the last change made,  reverting the data or program to its state before the change was made.

The opposite of undo is redo. The redo command undoes the last undo. Both undo and redo are available in almost all computer software today.

Below are some ways to undo some of your technology mistakes.

General Undo Functionality

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Backups Can Save Your Day

Backing up your files protects you from data loss, whether caused by hard drive failure, accidental deletes, malware or ransomware, and even theft.  If you are lucky enough to have never yet experienced a major data loss, please realize that it is only a matter of time before you do.

There are many available options for making backups, from automated systems to manual ones.  Below are some options you should consider.

UT faculty and staff can use UT Backup

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Back up Your Data with UTBackup!

Backing up your computer's data to a secure off site location protects you against a variety of data losses, from broken hard drives, to corrupted data, to accidentally deleted files. But manually backing up files can be a time-consuming and tedious process.   UTBackup provides an automated,  enterprise class, file-level backup solution1 for the University that is confidential data compliant2.  UTBackup is available to all current CNS faculty and staff.  Once installed and configured, it works behind the scenes whenever you are on a wired or

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UTBox -- An Introduction

UTBox is a free cloud storage and file sharing service available to UT Austin faculty staff and students for business and academic purposes.  UTBox features:

  • Unlimited storage and file sharing for approved group accounts (e.g., departments, research groups, etc)
  • 2 TB (terrabyte) storage and file sharing account for Faculty and Staff
  • 150 GB (gigabyte) storage and file sharing account for students
  • Certified for storing some kinds of Confidential Data (formerly called Category I data)
  • Built-in collaboration tools
  • Securely
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Updates to Central ITS Services

Over the last several months, the university-level Information Technology Services (ITS) group and the Information Security Office (ISO)  have made some important upgrades to several of their service offerings.  We wanted to review some of these changes here to make sure you know about these changes.

  • Wireless network bandwidth increases:  The wireless bandwidth quotas for faculty and staff have been raised to 2 Terabytes per week (previously 500 GB/week)
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Back up Your Data with UTBackup!

Backing up your computer's data to a secure off site location protects you against a variety of data losses, from broken hard drives, to corrupted data, to accidentally deleted files. But manually backing up files can be a time-consuming and tedious process.   UTBackup provides an automated,  enterprise class, file-level backup solution1 for the University that is Category I data compliant2.  UTBackup is available to all current CNS faculty and staff.  Once installed and configured, it works behind the scenes whenever you are on a wired or wireless

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