Tweet Backing up your data is only as good as the restore. If you can’t get your files back then your backup is pretty useless. That is why it is always important to still keep a local backup as well as an online backup with Mozy. A local restore will always be faster. The Mozy…
Tweet One of the challenges that many people have getting started with Mozy online backup is signing up for the service to begin with. Mozy has created a new video that shows you step by step how to sign up for MozyHome free and MozyHome Unlimited. Of course when it comes time to sign up…
Tweet While I do the best I can to make sure that a working promotional code is filled in to the Mozy signup form there are times when either the promotional code has not started working or has expired. You can easily test to see if the Mozy promotional code is valid simply by clicking…
Tweet Online backups are great, but that first backup can be painful to get done. When you are backing up a large amount of data online your initial backup can take along time to complete. How long your initial backup will take depends on the upload speed of your Internet service provider. Internet services vary…
Tweet One of the features Mozy is missing is a way to sync files between two or more computers. MozyHome Unlimited is great for backing up a single home computer, and MozyPro is great for businesses needing an easy to use off site backup, but syncing files between two or more computers is beyond what…
Tweet MozyHome Free offers 2GB for free. That is a great start to protecting all of your important files. Eventually though you will want to upgrade to the full version of MozyHome Unlimited. The problem is, since you already have a Mozy account there is no place to enter a promotional code in the upgrade…
Tweet Mozy is pre-configured to back up when your computer is idle, but occasionally that can create problems or computer slowdowns when you really need your computer. Thankfully you can schedule Mozy to perform backups at specific time intervals. Windows users do the following: Open the MozyHome Configuration Menu. Click the Scheduling tab. Select the…
Tweet Have you installed Mozy and your computer seems to slow to a crawl when Mozy starts to do a backup? Here is a tip that has worked for some people to bring their computer back to life and let Mozy continue backing up your data. Open the Mozy configuration menu and select the Options…