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Mozy vs. Carbonite: Mac Backup Smackdown

Written on July 16, 2009 by Dave Greenbaum and 94 people have commented

If you look at the amount of advertising out there these days, you’d think the Mac vs. PC war is a mere slap fight compared to the war being raged for your data backups. They want your data, and they want it now!
In one corner you have Mozy, which shares corporate DNA with former Mac [...]

My Multilayered Backup Strategy

Written on June 05, 2009 by Mark Crump and 30 people have commented

I’ve spent most of my career working in IT Operations, a good part of which I’ve spent thinking, “Really, what’s the worst that could happen?” A year or so ago, I asked myself, “What’s the worst that could happen if my MacBook died?” It was a pretty sobering question.
I work full time. I also freelance, [...]

How to Get a Boatload of Free Online Disk Space

Written on November 04, 2008 by Matthew Bookspan and 25 people have commented

I thought that might get your attention. Well, boatload might be an exaggeration, although how about 8GB of free storage space? More importantly, how about they support either the Mac or the iPhone?
As part of any backup solution, having offsite storage is pretty key these days to protect your data. Recently, I was looking at [...]

Walkthrough: Easy Backups with Mozy (and how to get a few free gigs)

Written on May 26, 2008 by Jethro Jones and 47 people have commented

Many people still have not made the “Leopard leap” and upgraded to Apple’s latest operating system. And of those who have, I am sure there are many that are either not using Time Machine, or want an off-site backup system. It is nice to be able to back up all your stuff to a backup [...]

Mozy On Out: My backup and restore experience with Leopard

Written on November 15, 2007 by Arvin Dang and 25 people have commented

Thinking back a few years, I remember every time I needed to upgrade my system or prepare for a format, I’d rely on using CD-Rs as a method for backing up my media and documents. Pain yes, efficient no, effective, yes. Of course this was back in the early XP days when I needed to [...]