Comments on: Signup For Carbonite And Get A $20 Amazon Gift Card

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:45:14 +0000

@pianodude: As per Carbonite, You can change it anytime to any computer. As long as its windows to windows. Purchasing it now.

By: Chana

Chana — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 22:54:53 +0000

@DZ The Telzer: You only have 2GB worth of stuff to back up? My pictures may be more than 6GB alone.

By: SB

SB — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:09:47 +0000

@EFI — Solid State does not guard from machine ruin in cases like fire or flood.

By: pianodude

pianodude — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:27:26 +0000

Can I sign up for an account on my current computer, then switch to my new computer when I buy it in a month from now?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:27:23 +0000

@just wondering:At least Dan is being honest about the link. This is how ( or part of ) Dan earns a living.Does anyone question you how you are spending your paycheck?Better yet ask a mohel right before the bris, the same question. Ask your rabbi why he collects s salary. Ask the funeral home how can they make money off of someone’s misery?Dan performs a wonderful service of pointing out some great deals that we wouldn’t be aware of otherwise. If he gets paid to that I say great and thanks Dan.

By: Dovid

Dovid — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:14:16 +0000

Anyway to do a group account with this offer Dan for more than 1 computer

By: Yoko

Yoko — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:51:30 +0000

How do you get Picasa unlimited? It only give me 5120 MB

By: DZ The Telzer

DZ The Telzer — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 16:28:47 +0000

I use dropbox the free version because I don’t back up to much. I love it.

By: babs

babs — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:28:45 +0000

@Jerry: thank you!

By: Jerry

Jerry — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 02:00:01 +0000

@babs: Carbonite is part of the "cloud". The cloud refers to not actually saving something directly to your computer, rather things get saved to remote servers run by different companies. For example: when you save stuff to your Iphone or Android, it gets saved to Apple or Google's servers, respectively.

By: pics

pics — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:34:47 +0000

what about dropbox vs. carbonite?

By: babs

babs — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:06:32 +0000

can anyone tell me the difference of using Carbonite vs. a “cloud”? I really don’t know anything about it, but have heard of people saving to a “cloud”. TIA.

By: mendel

mendel — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:46:15 +0000

bought it. was plannng on buying this service anyway, so this was just icing.

thanks.

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 20:15:57 +0000

@Meir: Thanks! @Janice TheGeek: Much safer to have it professionally backed up. @Tracker: You have to pay extra for additional computers. Best thing if you just want to pay the minimum and have peace of mind is to move all important files onto one computer and have that one be backed up. @pics: Picasa?

By: pics

pics — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:53:53 +0000

Where is the best place to back up my pics 4 free?

By: Tracker

Tracker — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:38:27 +0000

@Dan does this plan come with multiple licenses for different computers, or do I have to pay extra if I want Carbonite on multiple computers?

By: Janice TheGeek

Janice TheGeek — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:37:18 +0000

@HSS: backing up your computer to your friends computer doesnt mean that your friend wont drop hot coffee on his laptop and screw up your "backed up" stuff. A company like Carbonite probably backs up your files to multiple servers (that are way safer then your friends computer) in case on fails.

By: Meir

Meir — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 19:22:31 +0000

Dan- love your response to just wondering. Love your website too.

By: HSS

HSS — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:05:56 +0000

If your have some tech savvy and want to save money you can create your own carbonite like system by using a second computer and a free program called Crashplan. They allow free backups to friends computers or other computers owned by you. So if you have an old computer that you can make your backup computer plug it in and follow Crashplan’s easy instructions. If you want offsite backup in different location then set the backup computer up at your parents house like I did!!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 17:01:46 +0000

@just wondering: Lol, your estimate is wayyyyyy off though that would be really nice. And these referral offers rarely track properly on the referrer's end... But either way I always give between 10-20% of all income derived from this site to 501c3 charities, even if I don't brag about it as some other bloggers do. In my upbringing, giving charity was never something that was something to be talked about amongst others (then again neither was asking about someone else's income and charitable practices). It's something done because it's the right thing to do, not to stroke your own ego.