You don’t want to think about backups: You want them to happen automatically, in the background, on all your computers. You want to access those backups from anywhere, from any device, from any ...

Cloud-based backup provider CrashPlan—which our friends at the Wirecutter recommended in 2015—announced earlier this week that it was getting out of the consumer backup game to focus on its enterprise ...

When it comes to computer maintenance, nothing is quite more important than backing up all of your data. It’s one of the most crucial things you need to do when it comes to maintaining your devices.

Cloud-based backup services come as close as you can get to making this necessary, but oh-so-avoidable chore hassle-free. Even if you already back up your data to an external hard drive, you need a ...

Both have their very strong (and polite) advocates. I am trying to decide between the two, and right now leaning toward Crashplan even though Backblaze is reported to be more "Mac friendly". I ...

Code42, the company behind CrashPlan, just announced that it would stop selling home subscriptions in order to focus on business and education clients. CrashPlan has been a popular cloud backup ...

If you don’t back up your Mac’s files, then it’s a matter of when—not if—you’ll lose data that’s precious to you. Apple already robbed Mac users of any excuse not to back up regularly with Time ...

Editor’s note: On August 21, 2017, Code42 announced that it is no longer offering CrashPlan for Home. The company now focuses on business customers. As an enthusiastic evangelist for backups, I ...

Today, one of the best cloud backup services, CrashPlan, announced it was ending support for consumers. CrashPlan for Home will be put to rest on October 23, 2018. While the option to sign up for or ...

It has been a few years since a decision by a major tech company last turned me into a green rage monster, but it just happened again. Code42 Software has announced that it’s discontinuing its ...

Cloud storage services CrashPlan, Carbonite, Backblaze and SOS Online Backup archive your digital life. Personal Tech columnist Geoffrey A. Fowler tests the options. Illustration: Wesley Bedrosian ...