Tag Archives: Off-Site Backups

Thieves Ransack Paralympian's Home, Take Off With Her Gold Olympic Rings (and her hard drives!)

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It’s not often that we reference a story from Inside Edition. Tonight there was a story about a Paralympian, whose home was burglarized and of course they took the normal stuff like jewelry, computers, TV’s, and electronics. They also stole 5 external hard drives, which were the only place she had irreplaceable videos of her […]

MacMedics Case File: The Ikea Glass Desk Collapse

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We just repaired a newer Apple iMac for a client that had its front glass broken. It looked like a pretty simple repair on the surface, as the iMac was still working. We asked the client what happened, and they informed us that their Ikea desk had collapsed and the iMac had fallen to the […]

Don't Let Your Valuable Data Fall Victim To Friday The 13th

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Friday the 13th would be an excellent time to ensure that your Mac’s valuable hard drive data is fully backed up. We’ve been over this before, but here at MacMedics, we see this just about every day. We HATE to see folks in here who have lost pictures, school papers, financial, and business documents when […]

It's Not A Real Backup Until You Also Have An Off-Site Copy Of Your Data

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MacMedics recommends adding an off-site component to your backup plan. MacMedics recommends Mozy for home users and CrashPlan Pro for business users. The monthly discount code for Mozy.com for 10% off MozyHome and MozyPro signups until 5/1/12 is “MOZY4ALL” If you need help adding an off-site backup, or you still need help with a regular […]

Disaster-Proof Your Digital Possessions By Creating An Off-Site Backup

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It’s not just fire you need to worry about. Anything can happen, and it will (See this link and the picture of the two week old MacBook Pro below. How do you think that data is doing right now?). You could drop your iPhone, iPod, or laptop or any of those devices could get doused […]