File Format Concern

Hi first, things first I think you are developing a great product. Very easy to use and a speed demon.

But as usual, today's hype is going to be tomorrow legacy no matter what you do (wear sunscreen

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Being serious as a lawyer my main concern is to preserve text.

My documents until now survived devices such as cassettes, 5 1/2", 3 1/2", zip disks, CDs and now SDDs devices MAINLY because i avoid a plethora of file formats and always stick to 3 group of 3 letters: txt , csv and zip (now also sql dumps).

That's why i think a lot of people would benefit to have as feature the option to "store as zip" or "tar.gz" or a converter option to that format.

In that case no matter architecture changes, or if you don't have a working mac you can always rely on opening at leas your most important files.

Choosing a backup software is a really important issue that's why i want as a non-expert to make the best 'educated guess' this is my 2 cents.

Thanks for the forum and i hope to learn more about keeping my information safe.

Luciano,

Thanks for posting. I agree that file format longevity is a serious issue, particularly in how it pertains to backup and archiving solutions.

Your idea of being able to export the contents of a QRecall archive directly to a ZIP archive is intriguing. I'm adding this to the wish list as something to explore for a future version. I already have plans for making QRecall archives accessible via other means, but the idea of a direct-to-ZIP export does have some merit and might not be terribly difficult to implement. It's food for thought.