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Friday, May 9, 2014

Back-up Your Data!

        As the school year ends, the school-issued Mac Books have to be turned in for the summer months. Weather you’re graduating or returning in August, you still need to back up your files and important information. The Mac Books will be re-imaged and any data not backed up will be lost. You have plenty of options depending on how much data you have to back-up.

        The school has suggested the use of Dropbox to store your important data. If you only have some papers and photos to back up, Dropbox could be your best option. Because it is pre-installed on the Mac Books and it has the ability to access your files from any computer, Dropbox has an advantage over other services such as Google Drive and SkyDrive. However, 2GB is the maximum amount of data that can be stored for free.

        If you have more than 2GB of data to store, SkyDrive is a handy alternative. SkyDrive works in a similar fashion to DropBox in that allows you to sync and share files between computers seamlessly. SkyDrive allows you to store up to 7GB of data for free.


        If you’re not a fan of cloud storage and would prefer a more solid way to store back-up your data, consider external storage. Whether you back-up the data on a USB Flash Drive, an external hard drive or burn it to a CD, there are plenty of ways to back-up your data. The only downside to backing-up your data externally is that flash drives are easy to misplace, hard drives always run the risk of failing, and CDs get scratched and become unusable. So whatever you choose to back-up your data with, make sure you feel comfortable about your choice.

Kara Melvin
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