Evernote is a great tool for saving important info. When you store notes, videos, photos and other documents in an Evernote notebook, not only is the info saved on your computer, tablet or smart phone, it’s also saved in Evernote’s servers. However, the tech site How-To Geek provides this warning: This is not enough data security. Fortunately, How-To Geek also reveals how to provide more security by backing up your Evernote notebooks.
Not as secure as thought?
You could very well be asking yourself: Do I have to back up my Evernote notebooks? How-To Geek would answer with an emphatic “yes!” This is because Evernote isn’t a backup system. It’s a synching system. In a worst-case scenario, Evernote’s remote file store could be wiped. Then, the local file store can be wiped, too.
Protecting yourself
You can add an extra layer of security to your Evernote notebooks – and the data they contain – by backing them up. There are several ways to accomplish this – some, as How-To Geek explains, are quite complicated – but there is one easy option: You can export your Evernote notebooks.
Exporting
To do this, right-click on any notebook saved in Evernote. Then select the “Export Notes” option. Then you’re able to export the notebook in any of several formats. If you should happen to lose the notebook or the information it contains, you can simply choose to import the formerly exported notebook. This will bring in a new version of the notebook that can act as a replacement for the notebook that you lost.