It’s also great that it is simple to use, so you don't need to have an IT degree or to even consult the help pages to figure out how to do the vast majority of tasks. There are intuitive menus and settings screens that make it clear how to create the configurations you need.

The goal here is very much ‘set and forget’ – get everything set up the way you like, and then let it work quietly away in the background.Īnother useful feature is folder syncing, for keeping certain files consistent across all of your devices. You can have iDrive backup your entire hard drive (or mobile device) or just specific files and folders, and run backups manually or on a schedule.

Handily, iDrive supports all major device types, though the desktop clients are more impressive than the mobile apps in terms of polish and features. For team managers, there are multiple user management and remote backup services.Ĭloud storage can be accessed through the browser portal, but for the full experience including device backup, the relevant program or application should be installed. Then there's also some less obvious functions, including that iDrive only uploads modified parts of files to reduce bandwidth usage, the way data gets retained until you specifically delete it, or the extensive set of activity logs and reports you can access. This is capped at once per year for Personal customers and three times a year for Team and Business subscribers, though subsequent requests are always available at the cost of $59.95.

All paid users get access to these physical backups via a temporary storage device, which is especially handy for those with poor Internet connectivity. For example, there's Snapshots, which lets you store up to 30 different versions of your files, an Express service that lets you put your data on hard drives and actually post them off, and the ability to create full disk images in case you need to rebuild a computer from scratch. It’s really hard to accuse iDrive of being short on features.

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