popntx
Dryer sheet aficionado
I've been using Carbonite for several years to back up all of my computer files. Actually, I think it's a full hard drive back up that is continually updating. My last payment for an annual renewal was $76.74. Fortunately I've never had to use it for a hard drive crash, but I did use it to recover all of my files when I purchased my last laptop around 4 years ago.
I have a number of files that I've accumulated over the years, mainly taxes/financial documents and excel spreadsheets that I use to track investments. On top of that I have literally hundreds of photos that I've accumulated over the years. These days all photos that my wife and I take are using our smart phones.
My question is, are there better/cheaper/easier options to backup these files? In particular, I've looked into Google One and OneDrive. Both are considerably cheaper than Carbonite but probably not as robust. But my main concern is not losing any the files and particularly the photos that I've accumulated. It looks like Google One is the cheapest (100GB for $1.99/month or $19.99/yr). OneDrive is 50GB for $1.99/month. All of my files/pictures total about 30GB, and my entire hard drive contains a total of 70GB.
On a side note, my wife and I each currently use Google Photos for photos we've taken on our cell phones, each tied to our individual Gmail accounts, and well within the 15GB that is free . But if we go with the Google One option, can we combine all of our cell phone photos together, including the hundreds of older photos on my hard drive, into one account?
I'm open to other options than those I've listed, but I'm mostly interested in backing up to the cloud as opposed to an external hard drive. I'm not very technically savvy (as I'm sure is obvious in my email) and want to keep it simple.
Thanks!
I have a number of files that I've accumulated over the years, mainly taxes/financial documents and excel spreadsheets that I use to track investments. On top of that I have literally hundreds of photos that I've accumulated over the years. These days all photos that my wife and I take are using our smart phones.
My question is, are there better/cheaper/easier options to backup these files? In particular, I've looked into Google One and OneDrive. Both are considerably cheaper than Carbonite but probably not as robust. But my main concern is not losing any the files and particularly the photos that I've accumulated. It looks like Google One is the cheapest (100GB for $1.99/month or $19.99/yr). OneDrive is 50GB for $1.99/month. All of my files/pictures total about 30GB, and my entire hard drive contains a total of 70GB.
On a side note, my wife and I each currently use Google Photos for photos we've taken on our cell phones, each tied to our individual Gmail accounts, and well within the 15GB that is free . But if we go with the Google One option, can we combine all of our cell phone photos together, including the hundreds of older photos on my hard drive, into one account?
I'm open to other options than those I've listed, but I'm mostly interested in backing up to the cloud as opposed to an external hard drive. I'm not very technically savvy (as I'm sure is obvious in my email) and want to keep it simple.
Thanks!