The importance of backing up your files seems obvious, but choosing how gets complicated fast. The built-in Windows backup option is painfully basic, while decent software costs serious money.

It's boring but it works.

These instructions will assist you in backing up your files on either Windows or macOS. You will need an external media to backup to. An external hard drive is suggested as "thumb" drives fill up ...

Backing up means to manually or automatically copy files from one location to another, usually from one physical drive to another, although it could also be to an online location. Syncing means to ...

The worst-case scenario has befallen even the most careful computer user: a coffee mug spills on your laptop or an update wipes all your files and photos. Despite your best effort, accidents happen.

It won't do what most third-party backup solutions can, but Windows File History, a relic from Windows 8.1, does a reasonably good job of protecting Windows 10 data. When it comes to protecting data ...

Unlike your computer, Google Drive has the ability to store multiple files all using the same name within the same folder. While this can be a useful feature, it could also complicate your life if you ...

NTI Backup Pro 7 offers a lot of backup functionality, including file/folder, image, continuous, and cloud backup; network; and even optical disc support. But I found numerous annoying glitches and ...

If you notice that the date of the latest File History backup on your Windows 11/10 hasn’t changed after the last automatic backup operation, even though you have the default set to run daily and keep ...

Small businesses, more than their larger counterparts, have really been able to take advantage of Software as a Service (Saas) applications to handle large parts of their technology needs. Salesforce ...

I have preached the gospel of file backups for decades, from floppies through digital tape systems to today’s local and cloud-based systems for continuous archiving of even the tiniest changes to ...

Google Photos is giving users more control over storage space by allowing them to choose whether to back up large, raw files. Shooting in raw mode offers significant benefits for photographers, ...