CrashPlan is a very suitable name for a backup application and, indeed, as its name suggests, this tool is a reliable solution for creating a copy of your most important documents, which can be used in emergency cases.
In order to provide accurate backups, CrashPlan is composed by an interface and a permanently working engine. Basically, CrashPlan is able to copy any document from your Mac and save them to different destinations, such as a friend's computer, to an attached drive or online to CrashPlan Central. In order to back up to your friend's computer you will need their backup code, which is different from one account to another.
A history tab will encapsulate your actions performed with the help of this application and, to protect the privacy of your data, you encrypt the data with the help of a password. In case of emergency, use the previously created backups to restore the missing information.
CrashPlan is a multi-platform tool, so you won't have to worry about the compatibility between systems. All in all, CrashPlan is a highly-recommended free-to-try and cheap-to-buy backup tool.
Pros
- Multiple backup options: to another computer, to a folder or online
- Intuitive-to-use interface
- Password lock option
- Multi-platform support
Cons
- None