Easily Back Up Files On Windows Complete With Directory Structure

They say it’s better safe than sorry. They say it’s advisable to backup your important files from time to time. But what ‘they’ usually overlook is the fact that backup tools, although genuinely useful, can be quite tedious to use for many, and some of them often contain plethora of settings that overwhelm the casual user. But since there are always ways around most computer problems, there’s a way around this one too. If you've been looking for a simple, easy to use backup tool without a steep learning curve or complicated configuration, try TSR Backup. The application lets you create backups of files and folders to any location you want. It doesn't boast any complex features, nor does it have an intricate design; instead, it focuses on being extremely easy to install and use. Read More

Easy Finder Is An Android Anti-Theft App With Remote Contacts Backup

Hop on to Google Play Store and you will find plenty of security apps designed to track your smartphone. Fresh out of the oven in this genre is NQ Mobile Easy Finder. While still being in beta, this Android app does a marvelous job of tracking your device if gets lost or stolen. The app can track your device, wipe any data stored on it, remotely snap a photo from its camera and email it to you, and more. It can also additionally back up your contacts. You can control the lost phone via your web browser by signing up for an NQ Mobile account. Read More

FullSync Is A Comprehensive Backup & Sync Solution for Local & FTP Storage

A few months ago, one of my friends lost his steadily working hard drive, which happened to be quite a disaster on him, for not only he had to shell out money on a new one but even worse, he lost all his data as well. When I asked him about any file backups he might have created, what I got in return were those skeptical glances. This is just one of the many such scenarios people often face by not backing up their data in a timely fashion. But if you think that creating backups is a tedious chore, you won’t do so anymore after using FullSync. It’s an open-source application that makes file backups a breeze by letting you create backup profiles, using which you can either automate the whole thing by scheduling the task, or manually executing it whenever needed. It boasts a host of features and lets you create backup to remote locations using FTP, schedule its operations, and perform two-way folder-to-folder synchronization as well. Read More

Export Twitter DMs, Mentions, Tweets & More To A Document With twDocs

Twitter is undoubtedly the most popular micro-blogging platform on the planet. Back in December 2012, the bird chirping social network introduced an option to users download an archive of all their tweets to their local drive, and it received positive response from users. Although not something really groundbreaking as there were a few services already offering this, it’s a handy feature nonetheless. twDocs is another web app that allows you to download not just your own tweets, but also tweets from people you follow. In addition, it can download your favorite tweets, mentions, direct messages you sent or received, search results and so on. The app can save this content in a number of different formats such as PDF, DOC, HTML, XML, TXT, XLS or CSV. Read More

DirRplacer Replaces Entire Backup Folders With Their Updated Copies

Back in March, I reviewed an incredibly useful Windows application called FileRplacer – a portable tool designed to replace old files with their fresh copies whenever manually triggered by the user. To elaborate, the application can prove to be very handy should you need to keep an up-to-date backup of any files that you frequently need to edit (such as TXT, RAR, DOCX and other such items) at a separate location. The only caveat I faced with FileRplacer, however, was that it worked with files only and wasn't compatible with folders, which would've cut the time it takes to individually select multiple files. The folks behind FileRplacer are offering another tool called DirRplacer that takes care of this shortcoming. Read More

Backup App Data, Rename Icons & Clear Badges From iPhone Home Screen

Most of the times, we try to cover Cydia tweaks that offer a completely novel feature, but almost everything the new Icon Tool tweak is designed to perform can be done via other tweaks. There are plenty of ways of removing icon badges from iOS appsbacking up app data using various tools and clearing an app’s cache. With Icon Tool though, you get all these options in one tweak, and the best part is that you don’t have to navigate through complicated menus to perform these tasks either, as Icon Tool adds an easily accessible context menu of sorts to all icons present on your iPhone’s SpringBoard. Read More

Zoolz Offers Incremental Cloud Data Backup With 100GB Of Free Storage

There’s no shortage of cross platform file syncing services out there. Each has something special about it; some offer more storage, while others sell themselves on distinguising features or a great interface. Suffice to say, we’re swimming in file syncing services. Zoolz is different; it’s file storage and backup in the cloud. The app uses a desktop client to backup files to your cloud drive. Unlike file syncing services that will allow you to access backed up files at a moment’s notice, Zoolz backs them up for safekeeping and asks for a few hours (or maybe days) to retrieve it.  The desktop app takes regular backups of select folders or drives. You can restore files from a backup, but you will have to first download them, which takes time. Read More

Enjoy Powerful, One-Click PC Maintenance With Synei System Utilities

One click system maintenance programs is not a new concept. Previously, we've reviewed applications like Glary Utilities, SlimCleaner and Puran Utilities that are designed to help users getting rid of unnecessary files that otherwise tend to be the cause of slack PC performance. Synei System Utilities is a similar Windows utilities suite that houses a host of different system maintenance tools like disk cleaner, startup manager, disk defragmenter, data backup, registry cleaner, system tune-up and a few more. The application is designed to speed up your computer’s performance by removing unwanted junk from the memory and primary storage. Read More

Repeatedly Replace Backup Files With Current Versions Using FileRplacer

With all the technological advancements over the past few years, primary storage mediums like hard drives and SDDs are becoming ever more reliable and efficient. But since data lose can occur without any prior warning, it’s always advisable to keep a backup of your important files on a separate disk, so that you can easily restore your important data should you suffer a data loss on your primary storage. There still can be one major caveat though, and that is the inconvenience of backing up a large number of files. If you constantly have to update a file and then create its backup to the required location, it can be an even more tedious task. Applications like FileRplacer really come in handy during such situations. The app can easily replace files in your backup with the files you're working on, all with just a single click. The application can prove to be quite a time saver whenever you require to replace multiple items in a batch. More details after the jump. Read More

Launch, Backup & Uninstall Modern UI Apps From Windows 8 Desktop

Those of you who have already joined the Windows 8 club should be aware that the Start Screen is the only place from where the OS lets you manage Modern UI apps. The Start Screen allows users to pin legacy apps to the Taskbar, unpin any app from Start Screen, uninstall them or change the sizes of their tiles. However, all that doesn't seem very convenient, particularly if you’ve also pinned additional items here, such as files, folders or desktop apps. That’s where Windows App Boss comes to the rescue. This freeware allows users to manage Windows 8 applications right from the desktop. It can also help developers and testers easily add signed packages for testing purposes. Keep reading past the break for further details. Read More

Take Periodic, Automated Backups Of Multiple USB Drives On Mac

Flash Drive Backup is a $4.99 Mac app that lets you automatically backup a USB drive’s content to a folder on your Mac. Think of it as Time Machine on Mac except the backup path is reversed. You save documents to a USB flash drive, and they documents are constantly updated on your Mac. In the event that you forget to save a backup of those files on your Mac and your USB drive gets lost, stolen, corrupted or infected with a virus, you'll have a recent backup of the files and won't lose any data. The app makes sure your Mac isn't cluttered with backups; it regularly monitors the flash drive and backs up the data every 10 minutes, but will delete any backups in excess of three, once they get seven days old. Read More

Iperius Backup Offers Email Alerts, Advanced Scheduling, Filters & Much More [Review]

Iperius Backup is a freemium Windows application boasting a host of backup features that enable you to easily save copies of your files to a safe location. The tool allows to create backups from local directories, network drives or even the cloud to any destination folder you prefer. Although many features like cloud support or backing up files from Windows Image Drive are only available in the paid variant, the featured offered in the free version should suffice for a lot of users. It basically lets you create backup jobs for different files and folders, which you can instantly run on the fly. In addition, you can create backup schedules to keep the wheel spinning while you’re not around your PC. Read More

Backup & Restore Cydia Sources Via iCloud Or iTunes Using Source Saver

With the introduction of iCloud, the chances of losing all your data have been reduced considerably. Even if you forget to sync your iPhone with iTunes prior to wiping it, iCloud has your back. However, there are things that cannot be backed up by conventional means. Everything you download from the Cydia store is lost, despite the fact that the jailbreak store supports accounts. With the release of each new jailbreak, most people have to rely on their memory to reinstall all the tweaks and Cydia apps they had prior to updating to a new version of iOS. Before you can re-download everything though, there is the tediously annoying step of finding every third-party repo’s address and adding it to Cydia manually. Quite often, these repos have mind-numbingly difficult addresses and you might end up spending considerable time in trying to discover working URLs. Source Saver is a really simply utility that does all this for you automatically. Read More

Koush’s Carbon Allows Scheduled, Local & Cloud Android App Data Backup [Review]

While there are quite a few app data backup and restoration solutions available for Android users, not many allow creating backups of personal app data, and the few that do often require you to have a rooted Android device to fully utilize them, or come with with a price tag. Koushisk Dutta (aka Koush) - the renowned developer of the world-famous ClockworkMod recovery, DeskSMS, TabletSMS, ROM Manager, and Tether - has been quite busy over the past few days prepping an app data backup and sync tool of his own called Carbon. Initially released as a limited beta for just rooted devices, Carbon has now officially made its way to the Play Store with quite a few additional handy options. Let's find out all about Carbon after the jump. Read More

Create Local & Cloud Nandroid Backups Without Recovery Using Orange Backup

A timely NANDROID backup of your Android device can save you from losing your precious mobile data and personalized system settings. Android users have long relied on custom recoveries (such as ClockworkMod Recovery and TWRP) to create NANDROID backups of their devices. However, there are various apps and solutions available these days that can help you create NANDROID backups without having to reboot into recovery. Developed by XDA member snoopy33, Orange Backup is arguably the finest addition to the list of such tools to date, as it supports 1-tap NANDROID backup, zipping and uploading to cloud storage of your choice. Needless to say, Orange Backup is meant to work with rooted devices only. The tool also supports scheduled backup & uploading to cloud, full, incremental or split backups, backing up user-selected partitions only, option to upload data over Wi-Fi and/or while charging only, integrated app & task manager, and lots more. Read More

Data Backuper Offers One-Click System Backup, Disk & Volume Cloning

Normally, data backup applications allow you to create backups of files and folders without saving their original organization structure. For instance, if you have backed up three folders from different partitions, you will have to manually place them in their correct location when you are restoring them. One way to overcome this problem is by using a disk image backup tool that lets you generate a backup of all information on a disk, complete with the locations of files and folders, the Master Boot Record, and even information about the the empty space on your drive. It is the best solution for backing up complex folder structures if you want to be able to restore everything in its original form. Today, we have a backup tool called Data Backuper that allows you to create complete disk backups, partition backups, system backups (to backup system drive) as well as disks and partitions clones. The app's options allow you to check the integrity of a backup image, create bootable media from it, and even mount it to explore the contents via Windows Explorer without having to restore it first. Read More

Advanced Mobile Care For Android Gets Cloud Backup, Privacy Advisor & More

Back in November, IObit debuted their power-packed Android optimization, protection and task management app in the Play Store by the name of Advanced Mobile Care. At the time of its release, the app emerged as one of the few truly multipurpose Android apps supporting several handy system care utilities like real-time virus protection, 1-tap performance boost & system cleanup, multi-mode power saver, app manager, privacy protector and Game Speeder, among others. After barely a couple of months of its release, version 2 of Advanced Mobile Care has been rolled out with even better and more powerful features including multilingual support, Privacy Advisor, Cloud Backup, revamped app manager with support for APK management, a multipurpose 4x1 home screen widget, updated database, and several bug fixes. Read More

CloudPull Regularly Backs Up Gmail, Contacts & Other Google Account Data To Your Mac

OS X’s Mail client is quite feature-rich for most of us but if your needs are slightly out of the ordinary, it might not quite cut it for you. The level of customization it offers for some of its features sometimes falls short. One feature of the app that doesn't offer a high level of customize is email backup. Mail only lets you choose the account to back up emails from, and should you want to narrow it down to a mailbox or a label (in Gmail), you'll be out of luck. If you need to backup data from your Gmail account on your Mac and have control over the backup process, give CloudPull Free a try. It’s a free app available in the Mac App Store that downloads data from your Google Account including emails, calendars, contacts, RSS feed subscriptions, and your Google Drive. For emails, it lets you select labels and mailboxes to download messages from. The app runs in the background and continuously monitors your Google account for new items, while keeping point-in-time snapshot of your mailbox (for 90 days) that you can restore in the Mail app. Contacts can be imported in Contacts app, calendar tin the Calendar app, RSS feed subscriptions in Safari, and emails in the Mail app. You can also selectively store messages from a label. Read More

Backup & Restore Data Of All Windows 8 Store Apps With A Click

Considering the amount of emphasis put on the new Modern UI apps by Microsoft, it’s fairly clear that these apps are meant to play a pivotal role in the success of Windows 8. While not ready to rival app stores on competing platforms, the Modern UI apps library in Windows Store is steadily growing, with the aim to bring Modern UI variant of all popular apps to the platform. Windows 8 offers a file history option that lets you backup your system but while quite handy, this feature doesn't allow backing up only the app data of Windows Store apps. So if you plan to reinstall Windows 8 and want to retain your progress and settings for the Windows Store apps and games you have installed, you'd be out of luck. Well, not anymore, thanks to Windows 8 Apps Data Backup. It is a lightweight app that lets you backup and restore app data for your Windows Store apps, allowing you to retain your settings and progress, and (manually) sync the data between two Windows 8 computers. Read More

Upload Android Gallery Photos To Cloud While Compressing Them On Your Device

The Gallery app on Android, as we all know, is a centralized location to access the photo and video albums stored in various directories of your device’s internal and external memory. In this age of high-resolution mobile cameras, images captured from our devices can consume a significant chunk of our local storage space. Confronted by this issue, most users are left with no option but to back up these albums to their computers or their preferred storage of choice in order to create more room for new files on their devices. This makes accessing those good old memories of yours relatively hard to access on the go, especially if the backed up data is sitting on your computer’s hard drive. New to the Play Store, Gallery Drive Sync is a rather unique online photo backup app that aims to solve the ever-threatening ‘out of sight, out of mind’ issue in this regard. The app lets you move select or complete full-resolution Gallery photos and albums to your Google Drive, while still retaining the content on your device in compressed format under their respective albums. Read More