To be truly effective, a backup application must let you easily choose what you back up, simplify recovery and not slow down your work. So I was looking forward to evaluating DataSentinel, a ...

Compare the best online backup services in 2026. We tested IDrive, Backblaze, Acronis, Carbonite, and more for security, ...

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If there’s one rule of computing every system administrator preaches, it’s to always back up important data. Unfortunately, even among sysadmins, this rule is often preached more than it is ...

Cloud backup services are the OG of online storage. Long before internet bandwidth allowed you to work online, there were services dedicated to providing that all-important third copy in the backup ...

At this point in our lives, especially with the past year in tow, it's undeniable that so much of our lives take place online. In the flurry of relying on your devices to store your precious personal ...

America Online Inc. (AOL) is developing a new service that will let its members back up files from their PCs on AOL data centers, so that the members will be able to recover files either deleted ...

When I worked for Kodak two decades ago at a creative teaching outpost in Maine, I heard many stories about losing pictures. The worst was from a teacher in his 40s: as a young man, he had moved to ...

We never know when our hard drive will stop working, and we lose important data. There is a high risk of data loss during a cyber attack or a natural disaster. Therefore, it is always a good idea to ...

Google Drive for desktop stopped automatically backing up photos and videos to Google Photos as of August 10, 2026. The change affects users who used that feature to protect files saved in local ...