Wow! It really has been an interesting ride so far with you guys. Our 2012 was a magnificent one and we hope yours too and hopefully you’re expecting an even better 2013. We’ll spare you all the fancy predictions for 2013 about the cloud storage market as there certainly will be a lot of movement – that’s for sure.

Any predictions are just what they are: predictions. Speculating on what might happen in 2013 without real numbers is not our thing and too much “crystal ball”, so we’d rather look back at some interesting content in the cloud storage and online backup realm with a tiny lookout at what you can expect from us in 2013. 

About Cloudwards.net

In 2012 we have produced a massive amount a great quality content for you. We try to explore the possibilities of online backup and cloud storage to make your data safer and yourself more productive – with the help of cloud storage. 

We have a lot lined up for 2013: we will expand our backup reviews as we have been working furiously on completing the services that are still left to review. Also, we’ll soon expand our content efforts with a lot of practical “How to” videos about online backup. So stay tuned it – is going to be exciting! 

2013 is also going to be our year of “core content”. What does that mean? Well, simply put we’ll invest a lot of effort into creating high-quality and in-depth articles and guides similar to this one. Those articles will be expanded continuously over the course of the year with videos, interviews and more data. 

Special thanks goes out to Michael Muchmore (PCMag), Jason Fitzpatrick and Joe Kissell for providing great feedback on our cloud storage comparison chart that we will continue to improve in 2013 incorporating their valuable suggestions. Thank you for your time! 

Some popular articles in December

We have published some successful articles, guides and how to’s in December that we consider worth revisiting because they have been quite popular in terms of how many of you visited them and how much time you spent reading the individual articles. So here comes a quick list in case you missed anything:  

How to backup your Mac

In this in-depth guide we look at different options you have to backup your Macintosh computer and we look beyond Time Machine backups: we wouldn’t be Cloudwards.net if we didn’t venture into setting up online backup for our Mac, too. 

Online Backup vs External Hard Drives

We get this question all along: what is better an external hard drive or online backup? The answer: you need both! In this article we’ll explore the advantages and disadvantages of both methods so that you can make up your mind about how to best backup your data.  

How to get your DVD movies ready for the cloud?

Are you fed up with DVD lingering in your flat catching dust? Probably it’s time to pump all those precious movies into the cloud. Ben wrote a nice little roundup of how you can do this easily with some free tools and cloud storage.

Is Online Backup Slow?

In this article we’ll tackle one of the most persistent online backup myths: it is slow and therefore takes ages to complete. We show you how you can determine exactly how long it’ll take you to upload all your files to your online backup service provider of choice.

What’s your favorite article?

We would like to know what your favorite article about cloud storage/online backup is from 2012. Doesn’t matter if it is on our site or somewhere else. Feel free to leave a comment below!