![]() Restoring files from the IDrive account is brain-dead simple, and download speeds are much faster than uploads. And while all data is protected with military strength AES 256 encryption, any open connection, particularly on Windows PCs, is worrisome. The automatic backups put a persistent, if minor, load on your computer and on your broadband connection. Although this file-and-forget method is more convenient, it does require that there's always an open Internet connection to your computer. These changes are automatically recognized, and the changed or added files are backed up in real-time in the background. IDrive has a setting you can use for automatic updates that watches for any changes made to files and folders up to 2GB in size. But they by their very nature require your proactivity. Manual uploads took only a few minutes to transfer any new or changed data to my cloud vault. The PC and Mac apps let you set up how incremental backups are conducted either manually or automatically. IDrive has apps for Windows and Macs, as well as iOS and Android mobile devices. Less than a week after shipping the hard drive back to IDrive, my data was available in my online account, ready to accept the much less time-consuming incremental data backups. The full-disk backup took about 3.5 hours - a walk in the park compared to the Arctic winter of a cloud-based upload over home broadband connection. Hook the drive up to a Mac or Windows PC and run a backup using the pre-installed software, then ship the hard drive back in a prepaid USPS Priority Mail box. It's called IDrive Express: after opening a storage account, the company sends (at no cost) a 1TB external loaner hard drive. So I welcomed the opportunity to try the why-didn't-they-think-of-this-before solution offered by cloud backup company. That's exactly what I experienced when I tried to be a good digerato and initiated my own cloud-based backups. Here's what they don't tell you: backing up a PC hard drive full of data to a cloud-based storage service is a glacial bandwidth time-suck that ties up your computer for many hours, even days. That way, you're protected in the case of a disaster, like your house burning down. IT pros - or anyone who's done their research - will tell you to save your data in a cloud-based service that's located somewhere other than your home. Lesser known is the concept of offsite backup. Add iOS control and we’ll talk.Everybody * knows this: backing up your computer will save your ass (and your data) if your system crashes. ![]() In truth, it probably deserves more than a 4.5. It should of course be on the short list for any IT department. ![]() There are of course free remote solutions, but RemotePC offers so much additional functionality (free and pay), and performs so well, that I’d recommend it for even the average user if the free stuff has proven frustrating. I did actually use it to locate my phone once. But as I discussed earlier, that RemotePC can do it at all is very handy. ![]() There was the occasional trouble scrolling, and the connection wavered a couple of times. Performance controlling my Android phone was decent, though not perfect. I was also impressed with the quality of the audio RemotePC delivered from the, ahem… remote PC. This was, however, from macOS so the state of local GPU driver support is suspect. The same connections employing Microsoft’s and Chrome’s Remote Desktop software were considerably less zippy, albeit still perfectly usable. I can’t say if RemotePC is the fastest RC program I’ve used, but it’s darn close to TeamViewer-the overall quickest in my experience. Enable this and you’ll hear audio from the remote computer. Note the disabled speaker icon at the upper right of the frame. In remote desktop lingo, a server or host is the software on board a device that lets you control it.Ĭontrolling our Windows 11 test bed from the macOS version of RemotePC. RemotePC doesn’t rely on web access for variegated OS support either: there are servers for Windows, macOS, Linux, and-very unusually-Android. You can also invite others for one-off sessions. It supports both client/server access using locally installed software, as well as web-based access from your browser. Go there to learn more about our evaluation process and how competing products compare./ Design and featuresĮven when it comes to the basics, RemotePC is playing big-league ball. Note: This review is part of our roundup of Best remote desktop software. I like the attitude-if it can or should be done, let’s just do it. And RemotePC, which can leverage iDrive for backup, is the most feature-laden remote desktop software on the planet. ![]() Having reviewed iDrive’s online backup service several times over the years, I’m familiar with the company’s penchant for feature-rich efforts. ![]()
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