I actually back up two different computers onto the same iDrive account, and as you can see, it’s quite neatly organized. Once you have an account set up, simply log in to your account at. While there’s an app for Mac or Windows, it’s just as easy to use the Web based interface. After all, if you can’t restore what you’ve been backing up, what’s the point of the backup? Since I also use it, I can quickly demo what you’re asking about: the other half of cloud backups, restoring a file or folder. You can learn more about it – and get special pricing as an AskDaveTaylor reader 🙂 – all here: /askdavetaylor

Over time, it became clear that people really didn’t want to fuss with any local gear at all, so now it’s a solid Internet-based backup system. What’s interesting is that iDrive actually started out with a solution where you’d have a local hard drive as the primary backup, then a cloud-based redundant backup just in case the local drive failed.

You could use Dropbox, Google Drive, even iCloud through Apple, but they can end up being quite expensive if you aren’t keeping a close eye on things or want to backup everything on your devices, not just your documents. done) it’s surprising how much variation there is and how pricing can be all over the place. I’ve tried quite a few different cloud backup services too and while it’s a pretty simple task (scan for new files.

Glad you’re doing cloud backups, first off! It’s so easy to set up and forget, which to me is the ideal way to do any sort of backup, whether it’s in the office, at home or even for your smartphone.

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