News for November 2010
Best way to back up Mac and PC
Recently I’ve been working with clients who have lost, or came close to losing their data.
Some people have an external backup drive. This is a great idea, I think everyone should have one. It gives you a quick way to recover if anything happens to your Mac or PC.
I would also suggest that you might want to go one step further…. online backup. If your house gets trashed, fire, break in, tornado etc, you lose both your computer and your external drive.. bye bye backup.
With an online service, you always have a backup copy in the cloud, the company providing the service makes sure that data is protected, they have many servers, several of which can fail, and your data would still be protected.
After much deliberation I have chosen the backup provider I would like to recommend. This is based not only on price/features compared to the competition, but also from friends who use the service, and my own, personal experience.
I think Mozy Backup is where you all should be looking. Go ahead and sign up for their FREE 2gb account. While this wont give you a complete backup solution, it shows you what the service can do without any cost. If all you want to backup are documents and spreadsheets, 2gb may be sufficient. Those wanting to back up everything though, will require more space.
Mozy Home is the plan most people will need. It offers unlimited backup for just $4.95 per month!
Note that you must choose the Pro version if you will be using Mozy backup for commercial/business use.
Edited: November 10th, 2010