# How do you back up your computer?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-back-up-your-computer/680218 "2014-01-31T17:51:26Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-back-up-your-computer/680218/42 "2014-07-15T15:57:16Z")

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> [@MsWhatsit](#):
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> Time Machine onto an external drive. Additionally, documents I’m currently working on are usually saved to Dropbox.

Same here. I generally do all work (programming, mostly) directly in a folder in the DropBox.

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CrashPlan. I tried Carbonite first and dropped it, but I can’t remember what I didn’t like about it.

I also use Dropbox but not as a backup method. I use it for files that I need to easily share across computers, which is only a fraction of my total files.

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