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Backup buying guide

Back up your data regularly—it's something you know you're supposed to do, but only until recently have many users start to take it seriously, thanks to OS X's Time Machine backup utility, which comes with the operating system.

If you don't have a backup routine, you should, and it's easy to do. This guide will help you get started with back ups, whether it's with Time Machine, a third-party app, or with disk clones. The fact that there are different ways to back up gives you more flexibility to find a routine that works best for you—and you should seriously consider using more than one method. Then, you'll have data redundancy, which can be very helpful should you not be able to access your primary backup of data.

The articles below will help you get started on your backup routine

Backup buying guide

This guide will help you get started with back ups, whether it's with Time Machine, a third-party app, or with disk clones.

The no-worry backup plan
Backing up data isn’t a one-size-fits-all proposition—what works for you will depend on the types of data you want to protect and, more important, how worried you are about keeping that data safe. Rob Griffiths' guidelines can help you figure out your own plan.
What to look for in an external hard drive
When it comes to safeguarding your data, external hard drives are the way to go. In this excerpt from Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Joe Kissell explains why and shows you what to consider when shopping for an external hard drive.
Online backup services
Glenn Fleishman looks at seven Web services that let you back up your files over the Internet.
Six ways to botch your backups
Shocked that a company as prominent as Danger, Inc. could lose T-Mobile's Sidekick customers' data? Protect your business backups by avoiding these six mistakes.
Storage devices for the holidays
For the serious geek on your holiday shopping list, you can never go wrong with an external hard drive. Here are some of out top-rated hard drives, RAID arrays, and network-storage devices from the past year