I remember seeing this startling statement, ‘One in 10 hard drives will crash this year.’
I immediately thought, “What if one of those was mine?” Not to mention, what if my laptop was lost or stolen. I have an external hard drive, but I am bad at not regularly backing up my files.
Then I found Mozy.
Mozy offers 2GB of backup space for free with free email support as well. There is no setup fee, no credit card required, no monthly payments and no hassle.
With Mozy (for Mac or PC), all your files, addresses, emails, photos, videos and music are stored at a safe, remote location.
It downloads in seconds and installation is simple and fast. No more burning CDs, no expensive portable hard drive needed, no more ‘praying for the best’ while doing no backups.
It’s secure, too. Mozy uses 128-bit SSL encryption during the backup process, the same technology my bank uses to secure my account information. Then once in storage, Mozy uses even greater 448-bit Blowfish encryption.
Your initial backup may take awhile depending on how many files you have to backup (but you can still work on your computer while it is backing up files). I let mine back up overnight while I was sleeping.
Future backups are lightning-fast since Mozy only backs up files that have been added or changed since your last backup. You can set up a time for Mozy to automatically back up your files. If you made a change to a file you saved previously, Mozy finds and saves even the smallest changes.
Mozy has a great interface for viewing your backup files and restoring them. In fact, you can retrieve your backup files and folders from any computer by entering your username and password.
Need more than 2 GB of storage? MozyPro is a great deal, too.
MozyPro is great for businesses and organizations like hospitals and universities. Like MozyHome, there is no hardware to buy, no setup fees – and with automatic backups – no additional management required to oversee it.
You will need one desktop license for each computer you are backing up and one server license for each server you are backing up.
• Desktop Licenses: $3.95 + $0.50/GB per month
• Server Licenses: $6.95 + $0.50/GB per month
Accounts can be billed monthly, annually, or biennially. You get one month free when you sign up for an annual account or three months free with a biennial subscription.
More Mozy facts.
Mozy is the world’s most popular online backup service for consumers and small businesses with more than 900,000 customers, 25,000 business customers and 11 petabytes of information stored at its multiple data centers around the globe.
Mozy supports Mac OS X 10.4, Mac OS X 10.5 and Mac OS X Server 10.4 and 10.5, along with Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2000, 2003 and 2008.
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