Backing Up Your Mac

Having a good Mac backup solution is vital to not only saving your data, but your sanity when – not if – something goes wrong. Maybe your Mac gets stolen, or you drop it or the hard drive just decides to give up for no good reason. In any of these scenarios, once you have either fixed or replaced your Mac then you have to get all your data back. Without a backup solution, that’s going to be pretty much impossible. With an easy to use backup system, loading your data onto your new (or newly repaired) Mac should be a piece of cake!

Mac Backup Options

Backup options for Macs fall into 4 main categories; Online Backup, Local Backup Drives, Remote Sync Backup, and writing backups to DVD. Sure, there’s probably a couple more options but these are the main, tried-and-true solutions that work best for most people.

To find out more about each backup option, just follow these links:

Recommended Backup Solution for Mac

I personally recommend the Online Backup option and have been very, very happy with Mozy. Online backup lets you back your data up over the internet in a safe, encrypted manner. You don’t have to worry about keeping a copy at home – one which could also get lost, damaged or stolen. Plus, if you have a Macbook you can also backup while traveling anywhere you have an internet connection. I have used Mozy for 3 years now on multiple computers and have been happy with them for every minute of those 3 years. They’ve saved my hide a few times, and also made it much easier to move data from one computer to another when upgrading.

Mozy is only $4.95/mo for unlimited storage space (many charge per GB) and they also have a FREE 2GB account you can sign up for to test with, or just use indefinitely if you only need 2GB or less backup space.