May 19, 2008
While working on a project that requires a lot of writing – like coding, or authoring a book – it is a good idea to make backups or even better, maintain a sort of version control so that you can go back in time to see changes you’ve made to an article. In Windows you [...]
May 2, 2008
Microsoft has just begun a new service called Live Mesh which is receiving a lot of positive buzz online. Read on to find out exactly what Live Mesh is and also to find out how to get an invitation to get in! What is Live Mesh? Windows Live Mesh is a powerful service which combines [...]
April 27, 2008
I have had the email purists gang up on me for this in the past but I constantly use my Gmail account for backing up my digital life. This has led to the online lynch mobs chanting “an email account is not for backing up important documents!” and they are right to a certain extent. [...]
March 17, 2008
A program called DropBox has recently entered public beta and has been making the rounds on networks like Digg and Reddit. I’ve been a private beta member since January and have been using it pretty heavily in my daily processes – and it has worked absolutely wonderfully. Dropbox is currently available for Windows and MacOS [...]
March 6, 2008
About two years ago I gave up trying to memorize all of my online accounts. I used a “three tier” password system for a while – with a low security, medium security, and high security password for the majority of my accounts. However, this still did not leave me at ease – knowing that if [...]
March 2, 2008
Want to have identical browser settings on every one of your PCs ? How about keeping documents on your office and home PCs synchronized? For these and several other ways to sync your data read further. Enjoy! 1. Google Browser Sync – Sync Browser Bookmarks, History, Settings, etc. between diff. PCs Google Browser Sync is [...]
February 2, 2008
Got a USB Pen Drive? They’re great for backups. Do you carry files across in USB drives? It might sometimes be exhausting to copy files and folders to and from your hard drive and USB Stick. There’s an easy way to sync files between your hard disk and USB Flash Drive. Here’s how: 1. Download [...]
January 30, 2008
We have covered ways to backup emails, wordpress blogs, Firefox settings, computer files …. all but mobile phones. So it’s time to introduce some services to backup your mobile phone, i.e. contacts list, calendar entries, text mesages, browser bookmarks, phone settings, notes etc. As usual, all listed services are free or come with a dececnt [...]
January 16, 2008
I have a mountain of things listed on my Remember The Milk “to-do” list – among them include achieving world peace, eradicating hunger and poverty, finding a cure for cancer and backing up my PC files. Last week I finally got around to backing up my PC files (the rest will have to wait a [...]
January 11, 2008
By Mark O’Neill You may not have realised this until now but Mozilla Firefox has its own version of the Windows Registry, where all your preferences are stored. In the browser, it can be accessed by typing in the address bar about:config But what, in the future, if you have to re-install Firefox from scratch? [...]
