Luckily, Google automatically syncs your contacts, calendar appointments, docs, and even app purchases — as long as you give it permission to do so. While Google will preserve a lot of your data, ...

Navigating the landscape of digital data preservation is essential in the connected age of smartphones. Text messages have become central to modern communication, holding precious memories and ...

The Android backup system enables Android users to back up and restore data on their devices. There are several built-in ways to do this; you can use the Auto Backup for Apps, which sends your app ...

Not too long ago, an Instagram follower reached out to me because she lost every one of her text messages. That included a three-year thread with her husband, who just died. You can imagine the ...

If you want to keep receipts of your text messages, you can do so by saving a copy to your Gmail account. Luckily, if you end up backing them up, they are easy to search when you need them. Losing ...

What's the best way to export SMS history, at least for one specific contact. Coming from Windows Phone, it was easy to view it in offline backups. A quick websearch seems to say it requires an app, ...