Update on my posts on duplicati: fixed version for Google Drive won’t install on WinXP  but version 2.0.0.79 can be installed and works with OneDrive. Duplicati backup on Windows XP Google Docs fails in version 1 Duplicati is now updated to version 2.0-preview as linked from “latest” on their GitHub page. Meanwhile version 2.0.0.86 has […]

Installing Crashplan on Linux Java version error fixed The current version of Java (1.8) is incompatible with CrashPlan. Turns out that it isn’t there’s just a test in the install.sh script for the Java version. To install anyway – and risk the consequences (I’ve had no errors) – then all one need do is alter […]

A regular computer users guide to backup in 2012: Clearly the answer lies in the cloud. That for most purposes means using one of Amazons backup services via a proxy service. We look at some of the most popular services priced from free and up.