Backup Your Data
It's time for a PSA from me to you about your data. Let me straight with you, if you have not backed up your data, do it now. Losing data (crashed hard drives, stolen computers or damaged equipment) always happens at the worst times. I know, we have lost three hard drives in our house and they have always happened in the middle of major projects. Don't know what to do? Well, here are two rules about backing up your data.
1. Backups should be offsite – You should always have a back up of your computers data at an offsite location. If you ever lose your valuables to fire, flood or some other disaster, your backup needs to be somewhere else.
2. Backups should be automatic – Don't trust yourself to remember to backup your data. Instead, your backup should happen automatically in the background, without you thinking about it.
How do you make this happen? Check out this article in MacLife magazine which reviews five different services (don't worry their Windows compatible too). The article even gives you a chart with a breakdown of how the services compare to each other.
So heed my warning and back your data up. Now.