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After you’ve used your Google account for a while — and backed up your data — you may fill up a lot of storage space in your complimentary 15 GB or, gigabytes. (One GB is approximately 1,000 MB, or megabytes).

Everything you save on Google counts toward this storage amount — Gmail messages, photos, documents in Drive. I’ve had my Gmail account for years and use it as a de facto filing cabinet. I’ve saved all my important emails there because they’re easy to search; it’s a perfect system. I uploaded my entire photo library to Google Photos, not only for archival purposes but also because Google Photos has fun and useful features. Going beyond a digital storehouse, Google Photos enables you to print photo books with selected pictures to give as special-occasion gifts.

After almost a decade, I have exceeded my 15 free gigabytes and now need to pay for more storage. The price was quite reasonable. I signed up for 200GB of storage for $29.99 a year — a small price to pay for the security of having my data backed up.

With the new storage on hand, I now have a Google One account, which provides the aforementioned 200GB of storage, access to Google experts for premium support for any problems, 3 percent back in credit at the online Google store (https://store.google.com), and more.

To find out more about Google One services, download the Google One app from the Play Store or go to one.google.com in your browser on your phone or laptop.