Geoff Akerlund, Author at BackupReview.com

About Geoff Akerlund

Geoff Akerlund is the founder and editor-in-chief of BackupReview.com. He enjoys attending music festivals, whitewater kayaking on the American River, and board game nights in his free time.

Overview of IDrive’s Disk Image Backup Feature

Posted on February 4 2015 by Geoff Akerlund

Online backup service IDrive recently added disk imaging support, and now lets users create disk images on local media. For those who don’t know, disk images let you restore your entire hard drive to the state it was in when the backup was made. …

Syncplicity Review

Posted on January 30 2015 by Geoff Akerlund

Syncplicity is a file synchronization service from EMC Corporation. EMC is behind the online backup service Mozy, and Syncplicity is their foray into a crowded cloud storage industry that includes Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, and others. Syncplicity sets itself apart by being able to …

Memopal Debuts New Website and Simpler Pricing

Posted on January 29 2015 by Geoff Akerlund

Online backup service Memopal has unveiled a new website, along with a more affordable pricing structure.

Dropbox Quietly Discontinues Packrat Feature

Posted on January 28 2015 by Geoff Akerlund

Packrat was an add-on for Dropbox Pro accounts. For $39 per year, a user could recover a previous version of a file, or a deleted file, no matter how old it is. This was a significant upgrade to Dropbox’s standard 30-day file …

Announcing the BackupReview Glossary

Posted on January 7 2015 by Geoff Akerlund

Are you confused by all the technical jargon related to backups and cloud storage? Maybe you’re a novice computer user, and don’t consider yourself an uber-mega-geek like myself. Well I’m happy to announce a new section of the site: a glossary.

SurDoc Review: 100 GB of Free Cloud Storage

Posted on December 30 2014 by Geoff Akerlund

SurDoc is shutting down on May 31, 2016. The company has advised users to download their files immediately to avoid any potential data loss. SurDoc is a cloud storage service that gives users a whopping 100 GB of free space. …

How to Backup Your Computer with Backblaze

Posted on December 10 2014 by Geoff Akerlund

Since Backblaze automatically selects files to backup – including files on external hard drives – this makes it one of the easiest online backup services out there. It’s particularly suited for novice computer users, or people who don’t want to deal …

Win a Year of Backblaze Online Backup

Posted on December 8 2014 by Geoff Akerlund

The contest is closed. Winners have been emailed their codes. Thanks for participating! For the holidays, I’m giving away 10 annual subscriptions to Backblaze Online Backup, worth a combined retail value of $500. The winners will be chosen at random, so everybody has an equal …

How to Install CrashPlan on Ubuntu

Posted on December 4 2014 by Geoff Akerlund

CrashPlan is one of the few online backup services that supports Linux. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install it on one of the most popular Linux distros: Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat).

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About Geoff Akerlund

Overview of IDrive’s Disk Image Backup Feature

Syncplicity Review

Memopal Debuts New Website and Simpler Pricing

Dropbox Quietly Discontinues Packrat Feature

Announcing the BackupReview Glossary

SurDoc Review: 100 GB of Free Cloud Storage

How to Backup Your Computer with Backblaze

Win a Year of Backblaze Online Backup

How to Install CrashPlan on Ubuntu

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