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The best ways to digitize your documents

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These days , digitization only requires a smartphone or tablet, but you’ll want to optimize the process while reducing the risk of data loss.

Only a few types of records worth keeping on hand after creating a digital version.

These are original government documents, legal agreements such as a will or a current lease.

Despite advancements in storage technology, data loss still happens, and it’s safer to keep your important files in at least two locations.

If you use Google Drive to scan your documents, you’ve already backed them up to the cloud.

To send those documents to another device that doesn’t have access to your Google Drive , you can download them using Google Takeout .