New Year, New Resolution - Backup

Several new online backup alternatives were recently described in the NYT. MOZY stand out. The price is $55 a year, storage is unlimited, an automated background Windows program keeps your PC continuously backed up and a Mac version is planned.

Backing Up Online Mozy offers 2 gigabytes of backup at no charge. Mozy is flexible, and more technical. It can back up only changed portions of files. You can specify times and dates for backups. You can view 30 days’ worth of backups, too — a feature that prevents you from deleting a file from your PC accidentally and then finding its deletion mirrored in your latest backup. And Mozy offers dozens of novice-hostile options like “Enable Bandwidth Throttle” and “Don’t back up if the CPU is over this % busy.”

Of course, online backup is slow and recovery would be snail-like. Mozy does offer a solution that gets you your files faster: a DVD of your files, shipped overnight for an added fee. For example, to FedEx a 50-gigabyte backup to you on DVDs, Mozy charges about $90.

I purchased and use SyncBackSE. Very easy and dependable.

Google Documents and Spreadsheets

Make sure to check out the write-up on the Global Warming Student Speakout project at the Google D&S blog. Also, get usage ideas from the D&S Tour.

For easy access to all your new projects add the Google Gadget "Google Docs & Spreadsheets" to your Google Personalized Homepage.

Google Browser Sync for Firefox

Use as a backup for browser cookies, passwords, and settings. Not to be used on work computer as these settings are shared.

FolderShare

File sharing solution FolderShare offers unlimited, free sharing of any file up to 2GB, allowing access and sync of files over your own private peer-to-peer network. Acquired by Microsoft for Win/Mac or mixed environment.