Now that many, if not most, of us live our computer lives in a cloud-based world, local backup might seem less important. With Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and a host of other platforms storing, ...

More and more, the fragments of your life exist as particles on a disk mounted inside your computer—disks susceptible to temperature changes, power surges, fire, theft, static, and just plain wear and ...

When it comes to computer maintenance, nothing is quite more important than backing up all of your data. It’s one of the most crucial things you need to do when it comes to maintaining your devices.

I tried a few online backup services last year: Carbonite, Mozy, ProtectMyPhotos, and Titanize. I use Carbonite to back up my home system, but I have found the Achilles heel of online backup: it's ...

Editor’s note: On August 21, 2017, Code42 announced that it is no longer offering CrashPlan for Home. The company now focuses on business customers. As an enthusiastic evangelist for backups, I ...

If you’ve read any articles about Mac-based local and cloud backup software and services by me or any other long-time tech writers, you’ll know that, first, we largely recommended Code42’s CrashPlan ...