Backing up. It’s such a simple thing on paper – making a copy of important files and putting them in a safe place. In reality, for many of us, it’s just another thing on that list of things we really ...

Manually backing up files in 2025 sounds almost comical. Most people I know trust their data to the cloud. Your photos are backed up to Google Photos the moment you take them, work documents auto-save ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (WHAT THE TECH?) — Backing up your files is important, especially if your hard drive crashes or you click or tap or a wrong button and your files vanish. It’s so important, that ...

Backing up your documents and other files in Windows is always advisable in case the originals ever get lost or corrupted. That's especially true for files that are important, sensitive, or ...

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If you've never backed up your computer before, or you haven't done it recently, you definitely should. Backing up the files on your computer to an external hard drive, a cloud storage service, or ...

For free, the surprisingly capable FBackup 9 will back up files to or from any local storage including optical discs, to network locations, as well as to and from Google Drive and Dropbox. FBackup 9 ...

Yesterday we reported problems with Retrospect's backup mechanism when it encounters files with non-English characters. Alan Sill suggests a viable alternative: "I have had good success using Carbon ...

It happens without warning. Suddenly, access to your personal data gets interrupted by a simple hardware failure, a nasty virus, a cyberattack, a software glitch, accidental deletion or a human ...

Hands-on with PlayStation 5 PlayStation 5 review: a hardworking beefcake The PS5’s DualSense controller is a literal game changer What it’s like to play PS4 games on PS5 Nobody knows what to do with ...

Some Time Machine users are noticing that their backups are not including new files. While the backups run every hour, and no apparent problems seem to occur during the backup process, when users ...

Performing regular and periodic maintenance is key to keeping your PC running in tip-top shape. It takes discipline to remember to do it, but fear not, forgetful desk jockeys: You can automate many ...