Instead of paying for iCloud storage each month, I'm switching to a NAS to save money in the long run.

We're rounding up all the best news, advice and more for World Backup Day 2026.

Locking down individual files is great, but a blanket encryption will prevent anyone from getting their paws on your files.

Open the Settings app, tap your name at the top of the screen, then iCloud > iCloud Backup. Make sure that “Back Up This ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Too often, I hear somebody say they have no need to fumble around with cables and hard drives anymore ...

I’ve been arguing with people (besides my children) lately, this time about backup options. Primarily, some of the vendors of the new USB 2.0 hard drives are mad because I don’t think they make a good ...

The ongoing fuss surrounding the bug in Apple’s asr tool that is breaking bootable backups made with Carbon Copy Cloner, ChronoSync, and SuperDuper caused me to revisit my backup recommendations (see ...

Yes, there are discounts on PC storage for World Backup Day 2026. But they're focused on hard drives and SD cards, making SSD ...

For years, hard-disk kingpin Seagate has tried to jazz up the image of the humble hard drive. For a while, it used the slogan “Your on,” which led insufficiently hip people to wonder if it had made an ...

Google Drive offers free storage space. However, this space is limited now. If you have many WhatsApp messages, it may exceed your Google Drive storage limit if you have selected Google Drive for ...

While Backup and Restore (Windows 7) creates viable and fantastically compatible hard drive images, various flaws and limitations with the Windows Rescue/Recovery disks render it basically unusable ...