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April 26, 2007

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Mozy your way into online backups

Posted Apr. 26, ’07, 8:41 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software

MozyWe’ve dealt more than once with the importance of backing up your data in some form or another. The Mac’s been blessed with a preponderance of good backup apps: besides the ever-popular Super Duper, there’s Carbon Copy Cloner, Prosoft’s Data Backup, and the venerable Retrospect, just to name a few.

While DVDs and external hard disks are still probably the most common choice for data backup, online storage is becoming more and more popular. Derik, for example, has talked up the combination of Amazon’s S3 service and Jungle Disk.

Into this crowded field comes Mozy. While the service has been around for some time, today it announced the availability of a beta Mac client. Mozy offers 2GB of backup space free, or you can pay $4.95 a month for unlimited storage space. It also offers handy features like 448-bit encryption, backup sets (a la Apple’s own .Mac Backup), incremental backups, web access, and rudimentary scheduling. From my quick look, it seems a nice, slick little setup that might be useful for those looking for cheap online backup.

[via Macworld]


2 Comments

Antonio said:

Use this registration code "X7D94N" when you sign up and get an extra 256 Mb of space.

X7D94N

April 26, 2007 1:04 PM
Jennifer said:

For online backup news, information and articles, there is an excellent website:

http://www.BackupReview.info

This site lists more than 400 online backup companies and ranks the top 25 on a monthly basis.

Any one can add their company in the directory. Just click on the "Search" button found at the top.

Cheers,

April 27, 2007 9:32 AM

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