Online back is a very popular method of backup these days. It is convenient way to get an off-site backup but is any good and what are the best ones. I’ve used a few of these services and I was mostly pleased with them all. They all work similarly. You sign up, you you download…
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Google Drive To Glacier
I’ve been using Google Drive to do a cloud backup of my files for years. Though reasonable priced I felt I could do something more comfortable. Glacier is a file storage service by Amazon Web Services for those just wanting to archive files for safe-keeping. Glacier however is not really for the “normals”. It is…
CrashPlan Ending Home Backup Service
CrashPlan is a service that does data backup back up to remote servers, other computers, or hard drives. It is available on Mac, Windows and Linux. “Code 42” the company that gives us “CrashPlan” has decided to focus on there commercial product and end the Home version. “CrashPlan” has begun to sunset Home customer but…
Super Speed Up Your Computer With A SSD
Purchasing and installing a solid-state drive (SSD) to replace your hard-drive is the best way to boost you PCs performance. Seek speeds, access speeds and write speed can increase 4 to 10 times. Boot-up times 10 to 13 seconds on average. Applications open in a snap and saving project lightning fast. SSDs are still about…
Backing Up to USB Media
Flash Drives: Probably the most common back-up media are USB flash-drives or thumb-drives. These are small, convenient, reliable and very inexpensive. Copy all of your files to a thumb-drive and your backed up. Sizes range from 2 GB to 256 GB. Prices begin at about $5 and up. External Hard Drives: If you need more storage space…
Automatic Cloud Backup Solutions
Carbonite and CrashPlan are in a class of online backup solutions that are unlike Google Drive or Dropbox. With these services you pay one low price for unlimited backup of one computer. The unlike Google Drive the backed up files are not supposed to be easily accessible online. Carbonite And CrashPlan are not for file-sharing either. They are…
Unlimited Cloud Storage Coming to Office 365
As reported last month you get 15 gigabytes of cloud-storage with Onedrive as well as the Office Online applications and the Outlook Online mail client absolutely free. I don’t think I mentioned, with the payed versions you get 1 terabyte of storage. Coming very soon unlimited storage. Office 365 Personal is $5.99 per month ($71.88…
More Google Drive
Last month I showed you Google Drive and how to use the desktop application for Google Drive. This month I want to show you the new web interface for Gdrive. I like the new interface. It makes your files appear to be more organized. 11 Things You Need to Know About the Redesigned Google Drive
Google Drive Desktop
Not only can you use Google Drive to create documents, spread sheets and presentations but you can sync items from your computer to Google Drive. The application creates a Google Drive folder on your computer and anything you store there will sync to Google with your free 15 gigabytes of space.
Google Drives: More Space, Lower Price
Google Drive is an online storage service and much more. Google now gives you 15 gigabytes of cloud storage free and the option to purchase huge amounts of data for a very low price. At only $23.88 per year for 100 gigabytes you can’t afford not to grab this great resource. As well as uploading…
Good-N-Free Meetup 