It’s a win-win for consumers, who not only can’t go wrong with any of these excellant products, but can also be exceptionally choosey. But while all of the contenders received the same high verdict, each product has its own unique selling point, as you’ll see below. The good news for consumers is that all of the major online backup services we reviewed this year are exceptional products. We always recommend keeping a local backup for quick restores (see our backup software roundup for desktop solutions), but online backup can actually serve as both the second and third copies-assuming the vendor keeps its servers backed up, or adequately redundant. One copy should be in a safe place away from the original and secondary. But that’s part of the plan! The backup Rule of Three says you should maintain three copies of your data: the original, a copy, and a copy of the copy. Some people call these “cloud” services, but in reality, your data is stored on servers at the other end of the connection-that is, someone else’s hard drives. Uploading your data to an online backup service covers a lot of the bases. Most of us stand to lose a significant store of digital possessions if our primary device disappears or is rendered inoperable.

Whether it’s an act of malice or an act of nature (earthquakes, floods, hard-drive devouring locusts), you never know what could hit your PC or phone, and when. Online backup is an essential hedge against physical data disaster.

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