Convenient and easy to use
I've been using ZipCloud for a few years and I find it very convenient and easy to use.
- At under AUD$10/month it's good value
- Scheduled backups of my PC ensure that I always have a recent copy, and multiple previous copies, of all my documents and photos. I'd like to have my videos backed up as well, but I'm not prepared to pay the premium for that.
- I love the Sync Folder that allows me to keep my most important documents where I can easily access them from my phone any time and anywhere. When travelling, I keep copies of my travel documents etc here so I can always access a copy if the hard copies are lost/stolen
- The browser portal allows me to access a recent backup of any of the documents on my PC from anywhere. It's a bit clunky but very convenient if I desperately need something when I'm not at home
- The biggest problem I regularly have is that the app on my PC seems to always tell me that I've run out of space, or my account has expired, around the time when the auto-renewal is scheduled to occur. I've learned to ignore this and try again later, but it means that my PC is sometimes unable to back itself up on schedule.
- One minor annoyance is that the browser portal shows the time stamp of all my backed up files in the timezone of the server which is somewhere in the USA. This means that I need to mentally convert to my local timezone (is that +16 or +14 hours) when I want to restore a file from a specific time
Overall this is a great app and one of the best purchases I've made for peace of mind regarding the safety of my data.
- At under AUD$10/month it's good value
- Scheduled backups of my PC ensure that I always have a recent copy, and multiple previous copies, of all my documents and photos. I'd like to have my videos backed up as well, but I'm not prepared to pay the premium for that.
- I love the Sync Folder that allows me to keep my most important documents where I can easily access them from my phone any time and anywhere. When travelling, I keep copies of my travel documents etc here so I can always access a copy if the hard copies are lost/stolen
- The browser portal allows me to access a recent backup of any of the documents on my PC from anywhere. It's a bit clunky but very convenient if I desperately need something when I'm not at home
- The biggest problem I regularly have is that the app on my PC seems to always tell me that I've run out of space, or my account has expired, around the time when the auto-renewal is scheduled to occur. I've learned to ignore this and try again later, but it means that my PC is sometimes unable to back itself up on schedule.
- One minor annoyance is that the browser portal shows the time stamp of all my backed up files in the timezone of the server which is somewhere in the USA. This means that I need to mentally convert to my local timezone (is that +16 or +14 hours) when I want to restore a file from a specific time
Overall this is a great app and one of the best purchases I've made for peace of mind regarding the safety of my data.
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