babeth1's Avatar
babeth1 3
3 Asked
0 Answered
0 Best
0
No one has voted on this question yet :(
2 years, 10 months ago via Twitter

What online backup solution do you recommend for home users? PC and Mac friendly? (meaning virtual hard drive)

Tip for best answer: M$0.25
Separate topics with commas, or by pressing return. Use the delete or backspace key to edit or remove existing topics.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

What is Your Answer?

0
0
0

2 Answers

0
one100gs's Avatar
one100gs | 2 years, 10 months ago view on twitter
5
Actually a really great online backup system is ibackup. I have used it for small businesses I have worked at and the upload and download speeds are pretty reasonable. Hope this helps.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel
0
bdegrande's Avatar
bdegrande | 2 years, 10 months ago
5
I looked around and didn't find a perfect one. The main drawback to most of them is that upload speeds are slow, so your initial backups can take weeks depending on how long you are backing up. Most of them are relatively new with Mac support, so the software is not as good as it will be later.

I eliminated Carbonite because they had an incident where they lost data for many customers. I considered Mozy and Backblaze, but wound up using SafeCopy http://www.safecopybackup.com. It is not unlimited (150GB or 250GB), but backing up terabytes online is impractical anyway because of the speed,. It does support Windows and Mac, and Linux support is in beta. Most importantly to me, it lets you back up anything without additional charges - multiple computers, external hard drives, etc. Most services charge per machine.

You can leave an optional "tip" with Mahalo's virtual currency, Mahalo Dollars. If you are asking a difficult question that might require some research, or if you'd like a wide variety of feedback, a higher tip often leads to more answers to your question.

M$

Report Abuse

Post Reply Cancel

Learn something new with our FREE educational apps!

Private lessons in the comfort of your own home. Get back in shape or finally pick up a guitar with our great experts guiding you the whole way!
Learn Guitar
Learn Hip Hop
Learn Pilates