Cloud Backup Tutorials & Guides

How to Recover Data From a Broken Phone in 2025: Three Steps to Data Recovery

Anyone who’s broken a phone knows the pain of losing data that wasn’t backed up. Things like contacts, messages, call logs and media files can all disappear in an instant if your phone is unresponsive. If this has happened to you, read on and we’ll show you how to recover data from a broken phone.

By Sapphire Fox — 11 Sep'21 Last Updated: 03 Mar'25

How to Backup Social Media in 2025: Duplicating Your Second Life

Whether you’re afraid you might be banned, are looking to leave social media entirely or just don’t want to risk losing your photos and messages, you should consider saving your data somewhere else. To do this, read on and find out how to make a social media backup.

By Sapphire Fox — 21 Aug'21 Last Updated: 03 Mar'25

How to Backup an External Hard Drive in 2025: Windows, Mac & Linux

Keeping your data on an external storage device is a great first step in protecting it from accidents or cybercrime. However, if those drives are lost or damaged, everything on them could be gone forever. To secure these external devices, read on and learn how to backup an external hard drive.

By Sapphire Fox — 08 Aug'21 Last Updated: 03 Mar'25

How to Backup Text Messages on iPhone in 2025: iCloud, Apple Music & Third-Party

Our SMS messages mean a lot to us. We send thousands every year, and the thought of losing them is inconceivable. To ensure that never happens, we're going to break down how to backup text messages on iPhone and iOS devices with iCloud, Apple Music and third-party apps.

By Dan Ginn — 07 Aug'21 Last Updated: 01 Mar'25

How to Backup a Mac to an External Hard Drive in 2025

Backing up your Mac on a regular basis is one of the best things you can do. Through the use of Time Machine and an external hard drive, we’re going to break down the full process to help you keep your files safe.

By Dan Ginn — 21 Jul'21 Last Updated: 07 Apr'25
Facts checked by Jasna Mishevska

How to Backup Photos on Mac in 2025: iCloud vs External HDD

Losing irreplaceable photos can turn a bad situation into a disaster if your Mac happens to die. This article gives step-by-step instructions on how to backup photos on Mac using an external hard drive, your iCloud photo library, Google Drive or dedicated backup software.

By Sapphire Fox — 06 Jun'21 Last Updated: 07 Apr'25

How to Backup Your iTunes Library in 2025: iCloud vs External Drive

Backing up iTunes is crucial because you don't want to lose your music, apps and other media files. You can back it up on an external HD or cloud storage.

By Sapphire Fox — 06 Jun'21 Last Updated: 03 Mar'25

Amazon Glacier Backup: What Is It, How It Works and Pricing Explained in 2025

Aside from acting as object storage, Amazon S3 offers cost-effective data archiving with its Glacier storage class. With Amazon Glacier, you can store infrequently accessed data for extended periods at very low rates compared to Standard S3. You can choose from multiple data retrieval options, further optimizing storage costs while maintaining performance. This guide takes...

By Adeyomola Kazeem — 28 Mar'21 Last Updated: 07 Apr'25
Facts checked by Igor Kurtz

How to Backup and Restore WhatsApp Chat History in 2025: Secure Your Correspondence

Unless you manually backup WhatsApp, you can easily lose access to important conversations, or worse, your contacts themselves. Here's how to backup WhatsApp to ensure that doesn't happen.

By Sapphire Fox — 08 Jan'21 Last Updated: 07 Apr'25

IDrive Promo Code in 2025

IDrive is our favorite online backup solution, and by using this IDrive promo code you can get a 75 percent discount for a one-year subscription.

By Sapphire Fox — 29 Oct'20 Last Updated: 07 Apr'25
Facts checked by Andrea Babic