Filed under: Security, Beta Beat
Beta Beat: Mac Mozy Online Backup opens public beta
Mozy is a secure online backup service from Berkeley Data Systems. Today, Mozy introduced a public beta for Mac users, offering a Universal binary that runs on both Power PC and Intel systems. Mac Mozy provides both full- and incremental-backups and allows you to schedule those backups for specific times or to wait for when your computer is idle. Berkeley offers two basic plans to choose from. You can store up to 2 GB of data for free or, if you need more space, $5/month provides unlimited backup space.
Most importantly, the data is stored securely. Mozy uses 448-bit blowfish encryption on your data and you select your private encryption key. No one at Berkeley has access to that key. If you'd like to give Mac Mozy a spin, stop by their free registration page, answer some personal questions and wait for an e-mail with a link to their download page.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
Antonio said 3:27PM on 4-26-2007
Use this registration code "X7D94N" when you sign up and get an extra 256 Mb of space.
X7D94N
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Jonathan Baldwin said 3:48PM on 4-26-2007
Or SV4B4F
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gtj said 3:51PM on 4-26-2007
looks good i signed up.
Another code - 6235CB
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Nathan Monk said 4:04PM on 4-26-2007
E9EU78
Yet another code for a free 256 mb
E9EU78
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eS said 4:33PM on 4-26-2007
Another one: 7GM4BA.
To be honest..this way, both the referrer and the referee get 256 Mb more! ;-)
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ralphie said 4:23PM on 4-26-2007
Yet another way to make sure .MAC sucks
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Jim said 4:26PM on 4-26-2007
I've been using the Mozy Mac beta for about a month now. It's fairly smooth and simple. My only gripe is that if you want to see what is on your Mozy drive you have to go their website. I'd much rather have it mount on my desktop and view it through the Finder.
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Dave said 4:30PM on 4-26-2007
and another:
6DAM82
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Adi said 4:47PM on 4-26-2007
And another one just in case : 9FA5CB
Adi
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Macskeeball said 4:52PM on 4-26-2007
TROGDOR!
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Sejuru said 4:54PM on 4-26-2007
Yet another code: DD6B67
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Jason said 4:59PM on 4-26-2007
One more: S5CCWL
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Bebop said 5:00PM on 4-26-2007
And an another code :-)
HJ5CCG
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Truegod said 5:04PM on 4-26-2007
anyone else having trouble setting up Mozy? Neither of my computers can log in... I'm about to contact their support.
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jg said 5:08PM on 4-26-2007
Re: Comment #5
How does this make .Mac suck? If you don't like .Mac or don't have use for it's services, you don't have to use it.
I assume you're referring to just ONE of the many features of .Mac, the iDisk. Does Mozy sync your files between multiple computers? Does Mozy have a nice web UI for your files? Does Mozy have a public folder that your friends can get/put files in? Does Mozy integrate with the Finder?
Personally I use a bunch of the .Mac features and I find them incredibly convenient. Sure I could waste gobs of my own time cobbling together a solution similar to .Mac. But I have better things to do with my time. And none of them would fit some seamlessly into my machines.
Is a buck knife better than a swiss army knife? Depends on your needs.
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Paul said 5:35PM on 5-29-2007
Use this code when you sign up and we each get an extra 256 Mb added to the free account: WMA5BB
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Jon said 5:28PM on 4-26-2007
#15: I wouldn't have said this was better than .Mac in terms of features, but it trounces it on price to performance.
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rich said 5:55PM on 4-26-2007
If anyone needs it, here's another code for 256MB of additional space: TE6DHH
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gene said 6:02PM on 4-26-2007
another code if someone would like to use > DF6267
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Alan said 6:45PM on 4-26-2007
Thanks gene, I used yours!
Someone please use my code!
K5CKEL
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