These top-rated backup services make it easy to create online and local copies of important files so you can retrieve them if ...

Microsoft OneDrive is a cloud-based online storage service that lets you easily store, share, and backup files and photos.

Duplicati, a free download on both macOS and Windows, puts encrypted backups of all your important files into the cloud service of your choice. Here’s how to use it. Backing up your files ...

In most situations Windows backup software won’t noticeably slow down your computer. If you are backing up to more than one device or multiple different destinations, or if you are backing up ...

Online backup is an essential hedge against any disaster that might befall your computer or local storage devices. Mechanical failure, acts of malice, or natural disasters are omnipresent threats ...

By default, your Mac should start to back up your Mac every time you connect your Time Machine drive. You shouldn’t have to ...

To restore your new phone, open Finder or iTunes, and connect your phone to your computer. Click Trust when prompted, and ...

Sigh. There I was, confronted with yet another computer suffering a catastrophic meltdown. All of the owner’s important files were on the computer, and there were no backup copies. There ...

Give yourself some peace of mind and make sure you have a solid iPhone backup before moving to the next version.