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How to Sync Your Game Progress Between Android Phones

We’ll show you here how you can move game progress across Android devices.

Make Backups Like a Pro with IBeesoft DBackup

While there are many solutions in the data backup market, iBeesoft DBackup makes backing up effortless, as you’ll discover in this review.

New Ransomware Tactic Called “Double Extortion” Discovered

The threat of ransomware has been reduced, as everyone is regularly backing up their data. A new double extortion strain can now render these backups useless.

How to Export Your WhatsApp Chat History to PC

If you just want to back up your WhatsApp messages or share the entire history with a friend, here’s how to export your WhatsApp chats to PC.

How to Back Up Your Whatsapp Chats in iOS

Your WhatsApp history could contain messges. Learn how you can back up your Whatsapp chats on an iOS device to Apple’s iCloud service.

Backup and Restore Your Linux Desktop with CloudBerry Backup

CloudBerry Backup is a great all-in-one solution for backing up and restoring your files to the cloud on Linux desktops and servers.

Five Free Backup Applications for Mac

Data loss is a constant threat to our technology-heavy lives. For Mac users, you can start backing up your data with these five free backup applications for Mac.

Easily Back Up Your Websites with Website Backup Bot

One thing you should never ignore when running a website is to create regular backups. Website Backup Bot gives you total control over creating, managing, and restoring website backups, and it will work with any type of website.

How to Back Up Local Group Policy Editor Settings in Windows 10

The Group Policy Editor in Windows doesn’t come with a backup option. Here’s how you can use another method to back up the group policy editor in Windows 10.

How to Create a Windows 10 Backup to a Network Drive

Windows 10 includes some fairly advanced backup features. Here is how you can use the new backup features to create a Windows 10 backup to a network drive.

How to Back Up and Restore Some or All of Your Windows Registry

There are times when you need to make changes to your system registry. Learn how you can back up Windows registry and restore it when things fail.

How to Encrypt Your iOS and Mac Backups

When you encrypt your backup files, make sure that no one can access your data if they got ahold of it. Learn how to encrypt iOS and Mac backups in this article.

How to Set Up an Automatic Backup System on Linux with Dropbox

You should always have a good backup plan in place to safeguard your data. Here is how you can set up an automatic backup of your Linux system to Dropbox.

8 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do with ADB

While ADB is meant for Android developers, there are some ADB commands that are useful for the average user. Here are some cool tricks that you can do with ADB.

How to Free Up iPhone Storage Space by Restoring from Backup

If your iPhone stops reporting the correct amount of available free space, restoring from a backup file is a quick way to free up iPhone storage and fix the issue.

Best Backup Strategy for the Mac

A sound backup strategy is crucial for any computer user. Here is one solid backup strategy you can use to save your data before you need it.

How to Create a Bootable Clone of Your Mac

A bootable backup is one that you can use to boot and run your computer. Here is how to create a bootable clone of your Mac.

How to Properly Back Up and Wipe Your Android Device Before Selling It

If you’re selling your old Android device, it is best to do a cleanup of your phone. Here’s the proper way to back up and wipe an Android device so your data is no longer retrievable.

How to Back Up Photos While Traveling without a Computer

Nothing makes you break out in a cold sweat faster than the prospect of losing images while you are traveling. Here’s how you can back up your photos while traveling without having to lug a heavy computer around.

Why You Should Archive Your Emails and How You Can Do So

With all your emails in one place, they are so vulnerable to loss. This is why it is important to back up your emails. Here is how you can do so.

How to Automatically Back Up Contacts in OS X

Did you know that Automator on Mac is a great way to automate your workflow? You can even use it to back up contacts in OS X. Here’s how.

Nandroid Backup: What It Is and How to Create One

A Nandroid backup is a mirror image of your Android device. It is always a good idea to do a Nandroid backup from time to time; this tutorial will show you how to do that.

How to Back Up WhatsApp to Google Drive in Android

If you’re a WhatsApp user, you can now back up WhatsApp to Google Drive. This tutorial will show you how.

Back Up or Redistribute Your Ubuntu-Based Installation with Pinguy Builder

The creators of Pinguy OS have created a fork of the old Remastersys source called Pinguy Builder & turned it into a utility for making bootable ISO images.

5 of the Best WordPress Backup Plugins

If you have a WordPress powered site, it’s extremely important to make regular backups in case of emergency. Here are 5 WordPress backup plugins to do the job.

Back Up and Restore Your Hard Drive Easily with Gnome Disk Utility

Having only one hard drive to hold your personal files can be dangerous. This is why backing up your hard drive via Gnome disk utility is essential.

Backup and Restore Windows 8/8.1 Screen Layout

You probably have spent some time customizing the Windows Start screen. Why not back it up so you can restore the screen layout easily in the future?

How to Create Crash-proof Reliable Backups on Optical Disks

Optical media can be a cheap backup solution, but it fails more often than one would hope. You can improve it by creating a crash-proof backup. Here’s how.

7 Ways to Put Your Old Netbook to Good Use

If you have a netbook and is now lying in a corner collecting dust, here are 7 ways that you can utilise to put your netbook to good use.

Back Up Now! Back Up And Restore Data With Windows Shadow Copy

The Windows Shadow Copy feature is a useful, but hard to configure feature. we will show you how you can back up and restore data from Windows Shadow Copy.

Appwererabbit: Auto Backup Apps Before You Upgrade to A Newer Version [Android]

An updated app can fix many bugs and add new features, but there is also the risk that an option you loved has been removed. A good way is to auto backup apps before they get updated so you can easily revert back to older version if there is a need to.

How to Recover From a Virus Attack [Windows]

Your computer can get infected by virus easily if you are not careful. Don’t worry, following these steps, you can recover from a virus attack quickly.

Back Up Your Gmail Attachments to Cloud Storage with Attachments.me

Gmail comes with 15GB of storage space free of charge, but while you might think that will last you forever, as soon as you start to receive attachments, this space is very quickly eaten into. By using Attachments.me you can automatically back up your Gmail attachments so you are protected in case emails are accidentally deleted, or you need to free up a little space.

How to Backup Jump Lists in Windows

If you’re used to using jump lists in Windows, being able to backup jump lists and restore them on another PC can be beneficial. This article shows you how.

How to Set Up Windows Backup in Windows 8 to Save Your Files and Folders

The File Recovery option in Windows 8 allows you to create a system image and back up your files, folders and programs to an external drive or even to a new partition on your computer. If you set up Windows backup properly, it can be a powerful way to keep a backup handy in the event you need to restore not just your computer but also your files.

An Alternative Way to Back Up Your Android Without Root

If you are looking for a way to backup your Android app data without rooting your phone, this Carbon app could be the one for you.

How to Automatically Backup Your Gmail Attachments to the Cloud Storage

How many times have you deleted an email just to realize that it had an important file attached that you couldn’t get back? In cases like these, you should be using a service like Openera to auto-file Gmail documents and images to the cloud to be sure you don’t lose anything important.

How To Backup Tweets Using twDocs

Twitter does not have a built in export option, but if you are concerned about all the information you have poured into Twitter over the years, twDocs is an online service that will quickly and easily export your Twitter feed into whatever format your heart desires.

How to Backup App Data in Windows 8

Windows 8 does not give the users a way to backup the data utilized within its apps. Instead, you have to rely on complicated steps to manually backup the app data. Windows 8 Apps Data Backup is a simple program that you can start it up and begin backing up and restoring app data in Windows 8 in minutes. No installation required.

How to Back Up Your Browsing Data in Firefox

The browser is probably the second most used software in your computer, right after the operating system itself. If you are a Firefox user and want to back up your browser data (history, profile, cookies, extensions etc.) easily, here is the way to do it.

Migrate Your Linux Installation Between Machines

You received a new computer as a present, the next problem you are facing is how to migrate your Linux setup on the existing PC to this new machine. In this tutorial, we will show you how you can move your existing Linux installation to a new machine without losing the files and settings.

Easily Backup and Restore Your Windows With Handy Backup [Giveaway]

Are you looking for an easier way to backup, restore and synchronize your files and folders in Windows? Handy Backup is a simple, yet useful backup application for Windows and yes, we have a giveaway for it. Read on for more detail.

Schedule Automatic Backup of Your WordPress Site to Dropbox

I am sure that you have backed up confidential data in your computer, but if you are running your business on WordPress, did you remember to back up your files and database as well?

Linux Application Review: KBackup

If you are using KDE and are in need of a backup solution, KBackup is one simple application that can get the job done. Where Backintime provides a nice, OS X-esque interface, KBackup is back-to-basics program that will equally well. Check out the full review here.

Linux Application Review: Backintime KDE Edition

Back in Time backup your Linux system and allows you to restore it much like the Time machine in Mac. Here’s the full review of the KDE edition.

SysRestore Pro Review + Giveaway (Contest Ended)

Windows comes with a system restore feature that allows you to create restore point and restore to it in the event that your system crashed. If you are looking for a simpler and more useful system restore tool, SysRestore Pro is one tool that you can use and we have 10 copies to giveaway. Read on for the full review and the giveaway detail.