Backing up means to manually or automatically copy files from one location to another, usually from one physical drive to another, although it could also be to an online location. Syncing means to ...

The iPhone can sync to only one computer at a time. If you have already synced your iPhone to a computer, you'll receive a message stating that it is synced elsewhere if you try to connect it to a ...

If you’re looking to automatically send your smartphone’s photos or videos to a PC, there are already plenty of ways to do it, but BitTorrent Sync is worth checking out anyway. The free app allows you ...

Google Drive has had a desktop syncing tool for years on both Mac and Windows, but up until recently, syncing Google Photos across devices had been a more difficult task. With the release of the new ...

Google’s new Backup and Sync (15GB free; larger storage options available for a fee) software tries to leverage Google’s existing Google Drive and Google Photos products by adding a file-backup option ...

This is a reminder that late last year Google launched two new applications for working with Google Drive files. Drive File Stream and Backup and Sync are set to replace the current Google Drive for ...

Buddha Backup will ease your mind with its easy, clean, and efficient interface as well as glitch-free performance. It backs up to and from your local network, but doesn’t support online storage ...

The new Backup and Sync app for Windows and MacOS expands Google's approach to file storage spanning your PC and phone. Your choices: update now or update later. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from ...

Google Drive and Google Photos are excellent tools for backing up your document and photos. With that said, they can only back up files stored in the Google Drive or Google Photos folder, making ...

Note that Google doesn’t appear to be making any changes to the Drive service itself, just the apps. Google currently offers 15GB of online storage with Drive, and those files are accessible with any ...

The Backup and Sync app has been blamed for excessive CPU usage on macOS, but also for performance issues on Windows PCs. A Google employee says that the v3.38 update fixes all that. Google has ...