I use basic Carbonite. A couple of clarifications: 1. Unless I pause Carbonite, my files are continuously backed up through the day, not once per day. 2. Video files are backed up automatically per instructions on this page, " https://support.carbonite.com/articles/Personal-Mac-Windows-Adding-Excluded-Files-to-Your-Backup";. It's a one-time manual process per video file type (avi, mov, etc.), but it works flawlessly.
Gary On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 2:11 PM Robin McCarthy <rpubge...@cox.net> wrote: > Gloria, et al: > > I used Carbonite for many years. Their customer service and support is > great and easy to reach. They were a great help when I needed to migrate my > data to a new computer. One of the things that attracted me to Carbonite > was the continual backup as I worked on documents. Over time, it seemed > their practice changed and my modified computer files were not getting > backed up immediately. I contacted Support to ask about this and was told > that backups were done once every 24 hours. Since I don't leave my computer > on overnight, I was manually telling Carbonite to back up files I modified > before shutting down the computer. > > Additionally, Carbonite does not automatically back up video files (MP4). > You must individually select each one and add it to your backup. Carbonite > also discontinued their feature of allowing mobile devices (phones and > tablets) to be backed up as part of a subscription. Finally, Carbonite > requires a separate subscription for each computer you want to back up. > > For these reasons, I switched to iDrive <https://www.idrive.com/> two > years ago. They offer 5 terabytes of backup storage for $69.95/year and > unlimited devices, including mobile devices. They currently have a special > offer of just $6.95 for your first year of service. Their service offers > continual or scheduled backup, as well as many of the same things Carbonite > offers. I have a desktop computer, two laptops, my tablet, and cell phone > being backed up and have only used 5% of my allocated 5 terabytes. FYI, I > have no affiliation with iDrive other than being a satisfied customer. > > I also use Dropbox, but mostly as short-term storage for items I need to > access from anywhere or while in-transit awaiting transfer to one of my > other computers. You can get an additional 500 MB of free storage at > Dropbox for each person you refer and signs up for their own free account. > As a result, I now have 8 GB of free storage at Dropbox. > > Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive (Microsoft) and others of this ilk are not > true backup services. They are just cloud storage similar to an external > hard drive, but on another company's servers. You must proactively choose > to move files to any of those services to keep them backed up. They are > similar to what you do if you use an external drive; the difference being > your data is stored on another company's servers away from your home. The > advantages being that you can access your data from any computer anywhere > (which, by the way you can also do with Carbonite, iDrive, Backblaze, etc.) > and, if your house burns down, your data is still protected. For this > reason, some people use these cloud storage services for their genealogy > software program database (Legacy, RootsMagic, Family Tree Maker, etc.), > assuming the software supports such a configuration. > > It is good to have both a traditional cloud backup service like Carbonite, > iDrive, Backblaze, etc. in addition to cloud storage. In fact, IT people > advocate a 3-2-1 backup plan: > > - 3 copies of your backups, one copy on your primary computer > - 2 backup copies on 2 different media (external hard drive, flash > drive, cloud storage, CD, DVD) > - 1 backup copy offsite (cloud storage, safe deposit box, someone > else's home) > - LOCKSS - "Lots of copies keeps stuff safe" > > They each have their place and purpose in our genealogy work. > > Robin McCarthy > > > On December 16, 2020 at 8:37 AM Gloria DeSousa <gdesou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > YAY! That's what I want to hear. Thank you Gary :-) Do you know if there's > a good reason to have DropBox's extended storage for a fee in addition to > Carbonite? I'm wondering what the perks are, if any. > Thank you, > Gloria > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 8:21 AM Gary 'n Mic McFall <garyand...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > My laptop went belly up several years ago. Carbonite saved the day. Yes, > it took a long time to restore the files to my new hard drive, but I'll be > forever grateful. > > Gary > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 7:15 AM Gloria DeSousa <gdesou...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Thanks Brian. I use Carbonite as my cloud backup paid service. Do you > consider Carbonite* as one of the paid services you referred to? What do > you use as backup? I store my media on the service and why DropBox sends me > messages that it's full and no longer syncing but I don't know if it's > worth paying the additional cost to have more storage on DropBox, and > therefore drop Carbonite or have both. I also backup to a Toshiba external > harddrive, that doesn't allow me to look at my files. This Toshiba > harddrive was recommended by a computer repair person who also can't > configure the hard drive to where I can open folders and files. *I have the > lowest tier of Carbonite. It took over a week to download all the files > from Carbonite to my computer when I had computer trouble, and why I'm > shopping around. > > Thanks for all your tips and help! > Gloria :-) > > On Wed, Dec 16, 2020 at 1:34 AM Brian Kelly <exma...@gmail.com> wrote: > > There are several cloud backup/storage services: > Some offer Free storage that is usually adequate for a Legacy Database > but may not be sufficient if you also store your media backups on the > service. My Media backup for example is a 2.7 Gigabyte file my Legacy > Backup is only 10 Megabytes > These offer free storage > Dropbox > OneDrive by Microsoft > Backup and Sync by Goggle (Goggle Drive) > > They also have expanded storage for a fee. > > There are also a number of paid services which provide cloud based > storage. > > For Dropbox, Goggle Drive and OneDrive there is a special folder on your > local hard drive set up by the service/App. Files stored there are > automatically synced to the cloud by the App. For those apps you only > need to set your backups to use the special local folder and the App > will send a copy to the cloud. > > Most of the paid services allow you to specify folders and/or files > which the service will backup to the cloud. Designating your Legacy Data > and Media folders in those services mean you can store your files and > backups wherever you wish and the service will sync them to the cloud > storage. > > Because those cloud storage services are syncing files/folders from your > local hard drive there is no need to have a second backup to the cloud > option once the legacy cloud storage shuts down. > > There is a suggestion to modify the backup to allow making backups in > multiple locations, you can add your vote for this by submitting a > suggestion using the Link on the Legacy Home Tab or by email to > supp...@legacyfamilytree.com > > Brian Kelly > > On 15-Dec.-20 11:08 p.m., scjo...@optusnet.com.au wrote: > > > > /I have been using Legacy Cloud, but as it is to cease, I am now looking > > for recommendations for another cloud program. / > > / > > / > > /I liked on the back up screen, it also asked if you wished to back up > > to the cloud. Would it be possible to enter the link to another program > > there?/ > > / > > / > > /Many thanks/ > > /Susan Jones/ > > // > > // > > // > > /Researching; Pegrum, Aitchison, Armstrong, Mewburn, Elliott, Crawford, > > Haggis, Rafferty, Price, Gough, Pearman, Foley, Whitelaw, Loftus, > > Frawley, Riddell, Watt, Hunter/ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Email sent using Optus Webmail > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > > > -- > No trees were harmed by sending this message, however a few million > electrons may have been slightly inconvenienced. > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > > > > -- > > LegacyUserGroup mailing list > LegacyUserGroup@legacyusers.com > To manage your subscription and unsubscribe > http://legacyusers.com/mailman/listinfo/legacyusergroup_legacyusers.com > Archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > -- No trees were harmed by sending this message, however a few million electrons may have been slightly inconvenienced.
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