Of course hard drives don’t last forever, so at some point you will need to replace the hard drives, but as hard drive prices continue to fall, it really is a nominal expense. The upside to the rotating external hard drive backup plan is that it is more or less a one-time, upfront fixed cost. This of course requires the most leg work, and often times is the exact reason why this backup scheme tends to fail ( read as: people get lazy). This basically entails purchasing 2 or more external hard drives, setting up a local backup software, and rotating the external hard drive to a remote location on a regular schedule. While writing this post, it occurred to me that another option is to stop using online backup services completely, and instead set up a rotating external hard drive solution. Drop online backup, and go back to rotating external hard drives. Lifehacker compiled a list of alternative online backup services, though we haven’t had a chance to test them yet. Keep in mind though that once you cancel your Mozy subscription, you will no longer have access to the files backed up to Mozy.
You will need to uninstall Mozy from your computer, and then cancel your Mozy subscription. This probably requires the most amount of work, but really not that bad. Reading through some posts on the Mozy Community Forums, there is an expected backlash from longtime Mozy users, and many are jumping ship and running to alternative services. Of course you have the option is to drop Mozy altogether and start using a new backup service. Now that you are under 50GBs your Mozy plan should auto renew to the $5.99/50GB plan on your next billing date. This will push the settings to the Mozy servers, and once the backup is complete, you will see the “Files backed up” reflect your newly excluded files.
Mozyhome alternative upgrade#
If you find yourself unchecking everything in order to fit under the 50GB limit, then I suggest you upgrade your Mozy account to add more storage.Īfter selecting or rather de-selecting files that you no longer want to backup, save the Settings, and run a backup. This part gets tricky though, deciding what you want to exclude from the backup. Basically what I did was go through my user folder, and uncheck what I deemed not critical enough to backup. I am pretty specific on what I back up, so I use the File System tab to choose the exact paths that I want backed up. Double-clicking the Mozy icon in the system tray will bring up the Mozy status window.Ĭlick on the Settings button, and you will be presented with the Mozy Settings window. If you don’t want to pay for more storage space, you can reduce the amount of data that Mozy is backing up.
Reduce the amount of files included in your backup to 50GB or less so you can stay on the cheapest MozyHome plan – $5.99.
Oddly, Mozy had preselected the 125GB/3Computer plan for me, which technically wasn’t accurate, so I could change the settings to the 50GB+2x20GB plan for a total of 90GB which would cover my current backup storage requirements.Ģ. You also have the option to select your plan settings by clicking on the Change Renewal Plan link. Click on the My Plan link on the left navigation pane, and you will see the recommended renewal plan which will be automatically selected on your next renewal date. There is a “renewal plan” link in the notification email, which will take  you to the Mozy website.Īfter logging in, you will be presented with your account page, and an alert message. Mozy has made it pretty simple to upgrade your plan to fit your current backup needs. Stay with MozyHome, and upgrade to the Mozy recommended plan. At the end of yesterday’s post about MozyHome dropping its Unlimited backup package, I sort of left it open ended, as in, what should you do next?ġ.
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