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Backblaze supports Lion, updates Storage Pod project

by Steven Sande (Jul 22nd, 2011)

A couple of years ago, the folks at cloud backup provider Backblaze made their Backblaze Storage Pod design an open source project. For around US$7900, you could make your own 67 TB RAID 6 array, and combining 15 of the arrays would give you about a petabyte of storage at a cost of around ...

Apple unveils new 3 TB Time Capsule model (Updated)

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 21st, 2011)

Just as we were digesting the Final Cut Pro X arrival, word comes that Apple is also unveiling a new Time Capsule model. The 3TB model appears in the image header of the Time Capsule page on Apple's website, but full product details are not yet available. We'll keep you updated as new ...

Apple's steps toward backup in the cloud tread lightly on third-party developers

by Erica Sadun (Jun 7th, 2011)

Jenna Wortham of the New York Times wrote, "How do you know if you've created a really great, useful iPhone app? Apple tries to put you out of business." That's a pretty common reaction to Monday's WWDC keynote, and the shock and awe was not limited to iPhone apps. On Friday, TUAW mused about ...

Dolly Drive 1.2 expands to 2 terabytes, adds seeding program

by Dave Caolo (May 17th, 2011)

We met Dolly Drive when it was barely a week old. This week, version 1.2 became available with increased storage capacity, increased upload speed and incremental cloning. Dolly Drive is a cloud-based backup solution that works with Apple's Time Machine. Once configured, Time Machine treats it as ...

Mozy releases iOS client

by Chris Ward (Apr 13th, 2011)

There are any number of online file storage and backup options these days -- Amazon's new Cloud Drive, perennial favorite Dropbox and Mozy, which I've been using for simple backups. So it's good to hear that Mozy has now released an iOS client that will allow you to view your files stored on ...

Terminal Tip: Find out which files won't be backed up

by Samuel Gibbs (Apr 12th, 2011)

Backing up is one of the most important things you can do on a Mac, and thankfully, it's a pretty trivial affair with Time Machine built right in. Of course, when you're looking at what needs backing up, people often overlook what doesn't need backing up (or isn't, but should be). A good ...

World Backup Day: 1 TB hard drive giveaway from OWC

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

As the first World Backup Day winds down, we've got one last giveaway, but it's a doozy. If you've followed our urgent pleas for better backup behavior today, your patience may now be rewarded. Whether you back up to the cloud, to a local drive or RAID array, or to a stack of CD-Rs, spare a few ...

World Backup Day: Ad-hoc backups to the cloud & more giveaways

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

Happy World Backup Day! The only safe way forward is to back up; that's why we've joined the cause for data saving with tips, techniques and giveaways all day today. As Steve mentioned earlier today, there are lots of cloud-based backup services eager to help you protect your data while solving ...

World Backup Day: Turn, turn, turn + more giveaways

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

Happy World Backup Day! We can't really emphasize this strongly enough: you need good backups, and you need them now. That's why we've joined the cause for data saving with tips, techniques and giveaways all day today. For Mac users running Leopard or Snow Leopard (10.5 or 10.6), the good news ...

World Backup Day: Mozy app puts backed-up files at your fingertips

by Steven Sande (Mar 31st, 2011)

Here's another product for World Backup Day. Mozy, a well-respected and veteran cloud backup solution for Mac and PC, has delivered Mozy to the App Store. This app, which is a free download that works with any iOS device, gives you access to all of those files from your computer that have been ...

World Backup Day: giveways, tips and more

by Michael Rose (Mar 31st, 2011)

Trust the Reddit community to come up with cool, constructive ideas amidst the links to silly images. Today, March 31, is World Backup Day, mostly because some Redditors thought it would be a good idea to remind everyone that hard drives are not, in fact, made from wonderflonium; they fail, and ...

Macworld 2011: Dolly Drive syncs Time Machine to the cloud, creates bootable backup

by Dave Caolo (Jan 28th, 2011)

We're finding many useful solutions here at Macworld Expo, and among them is Dolly Drive. This new solution (they just launched this week) offers encrypted Time Machine sync to the cloud and even creates a bootable version of the local drive you've been using for Time Machine thus far. I spoke with ...

Mac Plus reused as a Time Machine server

by David Quilty (Jan 19th, 2011)

Showing us that there is, in fact, a much more useful application for an old Mac Plus than a DJ using it as a helmet, Macenstein reader Dean Gray has turned his 1986 Mac Plus 1 MB into a Time Machine Server. By using an Intel Atom motherboard and replacing the screen with a 10" digital picture ...

Iomega's SuperHero backup and charger for iPhone syncs without a PC

by Mike Schramm (Jan 12th, 2011)

Iomega was at CES last week showing off its upcoming SuperHero Backup and Charger for the iPhone. You may ask why anyone needs a backup system for the iPhone as iTunes backs up your iPhone when you sync. The Iomega rep explained that many iPhone users don't plug their iPhone into a PC or Mac. They ...

Iomega SuperHero iPhone dock backs up photos to SD memory card

by Michael Terretta (Jan 4th, 2011)

We forget how important our photos are until we lose them. The 5 megapixel camera in the iPhone 4 encourages a lot of picture taking, but most of us put our phones on a charger over night instead of docking with our computers, so our photos aren't getting backed up. The Iomega® ...