Mac Experience : Mozy Backup
I’ve never been a big fan of backups until I found Time Machine. You could probably tell by my previous write up on Time Machine here. Backups should never be a tedious chore requiring lots of patience and time and yet they are your last resort when your machine starts to act up on you. My current routine involves plugging in my Time Machine drive every 1-2 days at work or at home as well as having Mozy backup running in the background.
Mozy is an online backup/storage service which currently offers 2Gb of backup storage for free when you sign up. The thing I like best about Mozy is that it quietly runs in the background and performs the backups seamlessly. To start using Mozy, you just need to configure your initial backup sets. I choose to backup only critical files like my contacts, emails and other files that I work on a daily basis. Mozy comes with a default set of backup sets for stuff like emails and contacts or you could fine tune your backup by selecting specific files and folders for backup. Backup frequency can be configured to be fixed on schedule or whenever your machine is left idling. Mozy allows you to restore your backups using its own interface, via web or have a DVD of the backup burnt and sent to you at an additional charge.
Clients for both Windows XP and MacOS X are available for download once you have signed up for their service. You can install Mozy on more than one machine, Windows or Mac, but they will all share the maximum 2Gb for your account unless you are registering several accounts with them. Mozy’s worth a try, doesn’t hurt to have a backup backup 
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One Response to “Mac Experience : Mozy Backup”
By robin on Aug 20, 2008 | Reply
yeah…mac rocks
a mac user and always a mac user