The discontinuation of CrashPlan for Home on 22 October 2018 is coming soon (see “CrashPlan Discontinues Consumer Backups,” 22 August 2017), so I’ve been receiving questions about how best to restore ...

With ransomware attacks dominating the headlines, the need for safe and reliable data backups is more evident than ever. All businesses fear losing their data — or access to their data. In a ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

Though Windows 8 makes it easier to back up your settings using the SkyDrive cloud storage service, it actually doesn’t automatically back up the files on your computer. Instead, you’ll need to back ...

The File History tool in Windows 10 lets you restore your files if they're corrupted or inadvertently deleted. Here's the most straightforward way to handle the task. In my last article, I showed you ...

With options like desktops, clouds, and mobile devices available to most people, there is no shortage of good platforms for storing digital files. One also gets vast storage space in devices like PCs ...

iTunes can be slow, cumbersome, and downright annoying at times. Backing up is slow and inflexible, and many users wish they had more control over their data. Now, there's DearMob iPhone Manager that ...

While personal computers range in cost from a few hundred dollars for a basic system to enthusiasts’ rigs costing thousands of dollars (or more), a computer is a physical object, and it can be ...

The situations that can cause data loss or file deletion on a Mac are varied. You may accidentally delete files or empty the Trash bin without realizing some crucial files were included. However, ...

Network-Attached Storage, or NAS, devices and network servers enable easy file sharing within a network, and also provide business IT managers a central location from which to install software onto ...

If you need to restore hidden files using Time Machine you may run into some problems revealing them. Here are some methods for addressing this in OS X. Topher Kessler MacFixIt Editor Topher, an avid ...