Generosity is a virtue, but it’s possible—even easy—to go overboard in a materialistic age. This year, we’re recommending several bits-not-atoms gifts, experiences instead of objects, and quick downloads for those of you who are looking to cut down on stuff or who need last-minute Chanukah gifts.
Code 42 Software’s CrashPlan backup software has received a major overhaul, including backup sets, more-flexible scheduling, and an entirely new pricing scheme that gives most users more for their money.
The latest entrant in the world of online backups, Backblaze, has slick new Mac software. Private beta invitations are available to 100 TidBITS readers.
The last few weeks' discussions look at the news of Steve Jobs not being keynote speaker at Macworld Expo and Apple's exit from the event after 2009, performance of online backup services, syncing calendars, and much more.
The Backblaze online backup service, in private beta testing since September 2008, is now available to the general public - with new and highly appealing features.
This week's discussions revolve around setting up an FTP server, making a local backup of IMAP email, the security of Backblaze, the way iPhoto uses contact information for Faces, taking an iPhone from the United States to New Zealand, digitizing old analog audio tapes, replacing the old Pop Up Folders program, and solving a Mac OS 8.6 AppleScript problem.
In 2006, Seagate (which had just acquired Maxtor) declared that June was to be known as "Backup Awareness Month." To mark the occasion this year and encourage more people to back up, online backup provider Backblaze is giving away one free year-long subscription to their service each day in June (regularly $50 for unlimited backups), plus holding a drawing for a Nikon P90 camera. Everyone who downloads and installs their software during the month is eligible to participate in the drawings, and a 15-day free trial is available to all.
Read on for a collection of links to the most interesting articles and resources that the TidBITS staff discovered on the Web this week.
CrashPlan has revised its pricing for online backups to offer unlimited storage for an unlimited number of family computers for $100 per year, far below its competitors.
The venerable backup program Retrospect has been acquired from EMC by Sonic Solutions, the parent company of Roxio. Will the move help it regain its former dominant position in the Macintosh backup market?
If you're looking to decrease paper clutter while on the go, a portable scanner may be just what you need. Joe Kissell looks at two of this year's most popular models.
It's not really the sort of thing just anyone can do, but Tim Nufire explains in this blog post how online backup company Backblaze created storage pods that can hold 67 terabytes for just under $8,000.
Read on for a collection of links to the most interesting articles and resources that the TidBITS staff discovered on the Web this week.
Backblaze has taken the logical, if unusual, step of applying flat-rate pricing for unlimited backups to business customers as well as individuals.
If getting started with backups is on your list of New Year's resolutions, Joe Kissell's new "Take Control of Easy Mac Backups" will help you make reliable backups without unnecessary fuss or trouble.
