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How to stay synced with iCloud

Apple's new iCloud feature syncs your music, books and apps wirelessly among all of your iDevices. Here's how to get started.

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The best ways to back up your data

Backing up your hard drive is something you should do regularly, but because of forgetfulness, the unpleasantness, or just plain laziness, you put it off. Before you know it, the drive takes a dive, and all your files are gone for good.

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Smarter with your data: back up everything automatically

Backups are essential. If you don't want to lose years of photos, documents and settings, learn how to back up your data automatically. 1

It is good to eject a USB drive properly

Wondering if you should bother with using the Eject option before ripping out a USB drive? Here's why you should. 3

Keep one backup off the grid

In your suite of automated backup processes, it's good to have one doomsday backup, should the ultimate failure occur.

Share Dropbox files with a simple link

Dropbox has made it easy to share files without giving anyone special access to your storage.

Do not trust DVD for long-term backup

If you have old photos, videos or other files that are backed up on DVDs, you should check if they're still OK. 1

Break your way into a cheaper hard drive

Sometimes it's best to buy an external hard drive by looking for the cheapest internal drive that you can buy. 2

Redundancy: the backups of your backups

If you really want to sleep easy, the ultimate backup solution includes backups for your backups.

Test your backups regularly

A backup isn't really a backup if it doesn't actually work.

Migrating to SSD: get yourself a new computer without getting one

CNET editor Dong Ngo shows how you can replace your computer's hard drive with a solid-state drive and be significantly happier with your life. 1

Make backups faster by getting organised

Knock weeks off your backup process by getting your files in order.

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WD TV Live Hub

The WD TV Live Hub is a definite step up from the previous models: it offers on-board storage, a fantastic interface and a host of connectivity.
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Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex Net

Playing with the GoFlex Net started with us bridling at how limited the box was, and ended with us falling in love with its simplicity.
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D-Link DNS-343

The DNS-343 is a four-drive NAS that merits an Editors' Choice award.
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Apple Time Capsule

Apple Time Capsule's hybrid 802.11n wireless router/networked hard drive offers some powerful data backup features for Mac owners, as well as ...