Another online backup question: SOS, crashplan, backblaze for home user?

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I'm looking for an online backup for non-computer-clued-in people. I've been having a lot of trouble making a decision. SOSBackup seems to be the darling of the ad-sponsored PC magazines (makes me suspicious - have those guys been throwing around tickets for Jamaican software evaluation trips?). I can't find anyone who has actually used SOSBackup, though. Most people seem to be using either crashplan or backblaze.

Any suggestions? This would be for a non-PC-literate home user. A Mac backup client would be a plus.
 
I use Crashplan and I have been pretty happy. My father in law isn't very computer literate but he seems to be pretty happy with it as well.
 
Currently using Backblaze but just found out that all of my ISOs have not been backed up. Not blaming Backblaze but just a fyi. I am trying out Carbonite right now. They allow backing up of ISOs.
 
wow that's pretty awesome. i'll have to look into crashplan. thanks

It depends on what you want to do with crashplan as well. You can backup a ton of data on your own network by doing intermachine sharing and then backup critical data to the cloud.
 
Crashplan seems like the consensus I guess. Looking through, I'm pretty impressed. The local/remote backups look pretty seamless, and the security and operating system support look like they fit my needs (Linux + OS/X + Windows has been a problem in the past). This may be what I need to get me off my butt and start doing remote backups :eek:
 
Crashplan seems like the consensus I guess. Looking through, I'm pretty impressed. The local/remote backups look pretty seamless, and the security and operating system support look like they fit my needs (Linux + OS/X + Windows has been a problem in the past). This may be what I need to get me off my butt and start doing remote backups :eek:

It took me a month to get mine in the cloude. A storm recently came through and this was the first time I haven't feared for my drives.
 
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