Carbonite Review | USA TODAY Talking Tech

[DonnEdwards]

When you make backups, you should always have three copies: (1) the original, (2) one local backup and (3) one remote backup.

[CarboniteLostMyData]

If you're considering Carbonite, don't! I had been a customer of Carbonite for years. My PC had a failure and the system was rolled back to an earlier date. I go to Carbonite and they can't provide my data. When Carbonite does a backup they write a file to the PC that they're backing up and then they use that file to restore the system. Long story short, I lost family pictures, videos, tax information, work and personal files. I was promised numerous callbacks from engineering that never came.

[GenesisDSX]

Carbonite isn't all you make it out to be. I have it and when my PC laptop went down I felt secure because my files were backed up on carbonite! WRONG! Carbonite can't cross platform restore! Meaning, it could not restore my files to my new MacBook Pro. I had to restore them to a never PC and then BUY an external drive, transfer them to that and then transfer them to the Mac. If you have to buy an external drive, what the hell do you need carbonite for? SCAM.

[kilymat]

Carbonite now support MAC, for your information ;-)