Comments on: Mozy vs. Carbonite: Mac Backup Smackdown

By: Mozy Alternatives

Mozy Alternatives — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 02:02:06 +0000

Nice comparison! I put together a more detailed site that includes Mozy alternatives and also lists Carbonite, Dropbox, SugarSync, etc. You can compare all their features and pricing side by side as well. Check out http://www.bestbackupservices.com.

Hope it’s helpful!

Best,

Yasmine

By: Jason

Jason — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:40:02 +0000

When my friend needed his files restored from Carbonite, all he got was corrupted files. They lost his entire account. I am using MyOtherDrive.com. Their restoration process is easy – it’s just download. Download a file, download a folder, download a folder and all of it’s subfolders. Nothing mailed to you on DVD. If you want, they will send you a USB drive that contains your files, which you send back when your finished. So I know that I can always easily get access to my files when needed.

By: Kim

Kim — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:33:21 +0000

Very worth noting: Carbonite’s remote access does not allow you to get at files that have spaces or special characters in the names. My clients send me photos and word docs with spaces and ampersands all the time. When my computer was away for repairs for a month, this proved VERY frustrating and now I’m looking for a new back-up provider.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:26:22 +0000

I run Mac 10.6.4 and VMWare with Windows XP on the same machine. I switched from Carbonite to Mozy because Mozy would backup my virtual machine .vmdk files while Carbonite flatly states it will not back up VMWare files. That’s a deal breaker for me and anyone else who is running VMWare; and I’m not getting rid of VMWare!! ^_^

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By: doug jones

doug jones — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 11:26:28 +0000

I think you are misunderstanding the term "backup." Backup means to just make a duplicate copy of what you have here and now. Backup never claims to "preserve" your data/documents. Certainly backup (in any form online or manual) is no strategy for long-term preservation of important business documents with retention requirements that can equal 7 years or more. ONERECORD offers a service which utilizes a three-copy, three-datacenter, 300-mile separation model to perpetually verify the accuracy of data over long periods of time. It does not rely on static backup in any form in it's model. Of course it is a business-grade solution so it is not $5/mo. - but it does offer reasonable individual and small business plans. The important benefit is that you get 7 years of storage & retrieval with every one-year license, so if for any reason you don't renew your license your documents are still "preserved" and accessible without needing to spend more money. Check out ONERECORD.

By: Myerspercussion

Myerspercussion — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:22:05 +0000

Rush is only controversial because, as a nation, we are a buch of asleep-at-the-switch sheep. We’re consumers, not citizens, buying in to the BS the media feed us. We need to wake TF up and start understanding the gravity of the issues we’re facing… like WE’RE AT WAR — and start taking the appropriate actions. If that’s controversial, check please.

By: Kiuze

Kiuze — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:35:24 +0000

I think that biggest broblem with Carbonite is, that their staff CAN access your data. Mac user can't even manage their own encryption keys, they provide this only to Windows users. Their previous revision of Privacy Policy even said:

"Carbonite will not decrypt your files unless i) it reasonably believes that it must do so to troubleshoot problems with the Carbonite Products or Services or ii) it reasonably believes it must do so in order to comply with a law, subpoena, warrant, order, or a certification requirement, such as the requirements of 18 U.S.C. § 2703"

Very, very worrying.

By: Knuckle Down and Back Up » Shai Perednik.com

Knuckle Down and Back Up » Shai Perednik.com — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:02:20 +0000

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By: Chris Weber

Chris Weber — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:27:26 +0000

I'm trying CrashPlan now. I tested Mozy, Carbonite, and Backblaze on PC and was planning to on Mac. BackBlaze sounded cool but was lacking important features - I couldn't 'add' folders to backup, just 'exclude' them, and the Web-only download with no search/filter was just way lame.

Mozy was preferred to me, Carbonite's UI tries to be too easy when I want more control. Mozy's search/filter for restore would work well in a quick emergency, Carbonite had a similar one, but it was quirky in that selected files would not stick between searches, but Mozy's would. I was going to go with Mozy then I uninstalled them both, and one of them crashed Explorer.exe - probably removing their shell extensions.

On to Crashplan...

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:14:43 +0000

Well, the Pro version does anyway.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 03:13:50 +0000

Tomahawk backups to and from USB drives FYI.
http://www.tomahawkbackup.com/

By: Kaiser Sosay

Kaiser Sosay — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 19:40:22 +0000

I just subscribed to Carbonite; however, I would not have done so if I had known that they do not backup external hard drives. I can't believe that I had to find out the hard way (by subscribing and trying to save data backed up on an external drive) and that Carbonite did not warn me. People that buy Carbonite tend to have a lot of music and other files worth protecting on external drives. To not protect data from external drives is a major flaw and huge blow to Carbonite's overall utility. I want my money back and my subscription cancelled. For the price of Carbonite, I could have bought a 1TB external storage backup for my existing external drive and been perfectly happy. I hope this note makes its way to Carbonite's management. If I get my money back — some harm and some foul from what I believe is deceptive promotion by Carbonite — If I don't, I will be a mouse that roars. Again,I hope everyone out there understands that Carbonite does not back up data on external drives. You would never gain that understanding by reading Carbonite's promotional stuff.

By: NoRush

NoRush — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 21:03:31 +0000

If Rush endorses it, I don’t!!!
Going with Mozy!!

By: Russ

Russ — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 03:30:55 +0000

I have been on Mozy for a month now. The app running on my Mac looks like it is working and I have tested retrieving files. However, when I log into my account, it shows that I have never backed-up any data, nor restored it. The Mozy helpdesk has been useless, just trying to close my ticket rather than solve the problem.

Bottom line is that I think it is working but very scary the way they are so sloppy on their website.

By: servantofjc316

servantofjc316 — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:21:05 +0000

I have used many different backup programs such as superduper Ghost etc, When I go to use the hard drive to restore the file the Hard drive or CD/DVD has either gone bad or the data is corrupted. I have made it a normal part of my life to always have more then one backup. So using a online back in conjunction with an external drive or CD/DVD is a good idea.