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The world of backup software is very extensive and competitive on the Windows platform. Software like Backblaze, Crashplan, and Mozy are some of the most well-known proprietary titles in this area. Backup4all Pro is a different piece of software in the respect of how how much detail and control the user has over their backups and logs. After using it a bit, I'd recommend Backup4all Pro to any backup enthusiast, novice or not. Here at MakeUseOf, we're going to be giving away 25 copies of one of the best all-around Windows backup solutions on the web, totaling at a cost of near $1250!
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Anyone who's ever used such a service at least once knows how much convenience something like Dropbox can add to a user's life. It's quick, it's easy, and it works practically everywhere on every device. Being able to synchronize your documents, music, photos, and more is a great use of Dropbox, but what would be even better is if we could synchronize our programs' settings and associated data via Dropbox as well.
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As the developer here at MakeUseOf and as someone who earns their entire income from working online, it's fair to say my computer and data are quite important. They’re set up perfectly for productivity with my favourite apps and preferences. That’s why when my hard drive ground to a halt yesterday, I got a little bit panicky.
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Like any Apple product, the iPhone just works right? Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world and regardless of what anyone will tell you, iOS is not perfect. Things go wrong, but luckily there are some great counter-measures and third-party tools to soften the blow.
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Ten years ago an external hard drive – or even a physical disc such as a CD-ROM – was the only practical way to back up files. Consumer-grade network storage solutions were primitive, expensive and hard to use. Cloud storage? What's cloud storage? More choice is great, but it also brings a dilemma. What should you choose to handle your backups?
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Our Android devices have plenty of information on them that sometimes we'd like to transfer over to our computers so that we can manipulate that information, use it with our computer's programs, or simply save as a backup location for your phone's information. However, after all these years I've never really heard of any software that can do this.
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Backing up the data on your computer is vital. Yet not everyone does something about it. Why? Because backing up a computer remains a bit of a pain. If you own more than one computer, however, the answer may already be in your home. You could use your computers as backups for each other.
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Cloud back-up provider Backupify has just announced they will support the new Google Drive in addition to their existing Google Apps back-up service. Backupify already provide back-up syncing solutions for Google Calendar, Google Docs, Gmail and more. This means that if you’re putting all your documents into Google drive, Backupify will be able to provide [...]
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Following a European court decision, Facebook recently upgraded the feature that allows users to download an archive of their personal data. The archive option has been available since 2010 and includes photos, videos, and messages, among other information. The new expanded archive also contains login and logout details, information about the so-called data or tracking cookies, and more.
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From the developers of Hyper-V backup comes Altaro Oops!Backup ($37) -- a particularly slick, full-featured one backup solution for home PC users. We’re giving away 25 Altaro Oops!Backup licenses worth $925 in total! Read on for your chance to win.
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One of the biggest problems Android has is that vendors are obsessed with the concept of somehow “adding value” to their devices. Instead of just shipping Android as it was meant to be used, Samsung, HTC, and the other phone makers insist on stuffing their devices full of "unique" applications that make the Android experience infinitely more confusing and irritating.
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If you’re an HTC user and have been using HTCSense.com for backups, pay close attention. HTC has announced that the HTCSense website will be shutting down soon, due to a complete overhaul. This will also include a complete wiping of all user data from the website. Users who have been using HTCSense.com to backup and [...]
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Most people do tend to backup important things such as their hard drive content or their phone’s SD card, but there’s one important thing most people don’t worry about: their calendar. Specifically, Google Calendar. If you delete an event on Google Calendar by accident, you have about 30 seconds to change your mind and hit “Undo”. After that, it’s gone forever. So what do you do?
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Sync programs make local backups a snap by copying only changed files. Dropbox and other cloud storage systems are great, but they aren't as fast as a USB flash drive or removable hard drive to back up a large amount of files. Microsoft SyncToy is one of the most popular, but FreeFileSync gives it a run for its money.
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For many of us who work in the cloud, we’ve come to rely on our favourite services quite heavily. We also sometimes love and trust them perhaps a little more than we should at times, leaving ourselves open to losing everything we have built with the service so far. So I put a bit of thought into the best ways to back up RTM tasks so they’ll always be protected and available.
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