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  davemac on 01/04/2017 - 07:59

  +2

  Also check out http://rclone.org for cloud backup. Command line but really good for cloud backup/transfer.

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    w12ard on 02/04/2017 - 02:19

    Didn't know about rclone, good to know. But, it doesn't seem to support Azure blob storage which I use the most. They may add more features, worth checking out.

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  DeWalt on 01/04/2017 - 08:58

  +1

  Thanks op.

  Can't find any details about the company. In a post Snowden world, that's a concern.

  What is being given away? The email with the key says it's a Desktop edition. Is that Desktop Free or Desktop Pro? How long is the license for? Does it include free software upgrades? Does it do incremental/differential? If your PC crashes, can you re-install the license, or does the license only last for a few days? How do you recover if there's a crash? Is there recovery media?

  You can't use the free license for businesses and you can't encrypt with the free edition and scheduling is limited with free edition.

  Backup space is not included. Desktop versions don't do system backup.

  Most of my questions are not showstoppers, they are "how free is free?"

  This answers some of those questions (eg. USB boot key restore),
  https://www.bestbackups.com/cloudberry-review-2016/

  Comodo Backup seems to have a good rep as a free file and system backup. I find lifewire's reviews excellent (and most review sites are terrible). Lifewire's reviews are almost as good as Ashraf's reviews.
  https://www.lifewire.com/free-backup-software-tools-2617964

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    mick1 on 02/04/2017 - 09:58

    I've been using Cloudberry products at work and home for about 4 years. Always found them 100% reliable, and have saved the company thousands of dollars each year by replacing a managed backup service.
    You need your own cloud storage space - they only provide the means of moving the data. If you can take advantage of block storage, internet traffic is reduced to just the altered blocks. You can use backup with Google storage, or pay 3c or 4c month per GB for AWS or Azure or Google cloud.
    Can't comment on whether there are back doors available to CIA or Russia or anyone, but they have encryption options including using your own so data is encrypted before it leaves your PC. If the big guys want your data they will get it anyway sorry.

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  toasty on 01/04/2017 - 09:59

  Worth checking out.

  For documents and other sensitive data, I currently backup to a VeraCrypt container on my NAS and then sync it to OneDrive, Google Drive and DropBox.

  Only really works with a small container size as the whole thing has to be uploaded when there is a change.

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  lowballs on 01/04/2017 - 12:01

  how does this compare to CyberDuck?

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    Huntz on 01/04/2017 - 12:19

    Is that a SittingDuck? ;)

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  adam on 01/04/2017 - 18:53

  Looks promising but their Mac product doesn't support OneDrive or Google Drive which is what I'd want to use. Grabbed a licence anyway and I'll check if they add more support in the future.

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  Clear on 02/04/2017 - 09:09

  Gives you 1TB of storage.

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  rt1111 on 02/04/2017 - 09:09

  +1

  +1 for "I used CloudBerry Explorer for Azure Blob Storage to copy Azure VMs between subscriptions happily"

  Try explaining that statement to your great grandmother

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  noshopping on 03/04/2017 - 00:54

  Still works as of 3-April-17