Cloud Backup

All the Cloud Storage Solutions listed provide the ability to backup your files, photos, and videos. Some are more accessible than others, and provide different levels of automation for ensuring important data is regularly backed up in the cloud.

The free BT Cloud that comes with a BT Broadband account has a dedicated desktop application that can be set to automatically mirror certain folders. Most cloud based services have to be accessed by uploading files and folders manually. This can be done automatically with some third party back up software that treats the cloud service as another drive.

For scheduling, continuous backup, mirroring, and syncing there dedicated options available from online back up providers. An advantage is that they can often provide better security in terms of encryption and verification that cloud storage providers.