External USB/Thunderbolt drives (aka direct-attached storage, or DAS) are a super-convenient way to quickly back up your important files, as well as store any data that you don’t need on your ...

The concept behind backup software is pretty simple: You make a copy of your files on storage separate from your main hard drive. That storage can be another drive, an external drive, a network ...

While backing up your digital assets may not be the most exciting task in the world, it’s an important one. With the ...

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it's not the fastest external drive we've reviewed - check out our Adata SE920 external SSD review for that - but it's an impressive Mac device that makes back-up and transfer quick and seamless.

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The WD My Passport, Works with USB-C is now available at the highest capacity (6TB) of any pocketable, spinning hard drive on the market today. Despite its name, it connects via a USB Micro-B port ...

You probably already have one of the many cloud storage services out there, like Google Drive and One Drive, but the truth is that having a physical and accessible form of storage is still quite ...

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