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Tools we love
Posted by Wes in 
We spend a lot of time on our computers, so we spend a lot of time trying out new tools. Here are some of our favorites:
Backblaze
Backblaze backs your computer up, offsite, automatically.
Killer features:
- Protect from your computer crashing
- Restore a file you accidentally delete or change
- Offsite storage
- Unlimited space
- Can encrypt your data if you need/want to
- Locate My Computer, if your computer is lost or stolen, backblaze can help you track it down
Cost:
- $5 per month per computer
- $50 per year per computer
Dropbox
Dropbox synchronizes files across multiple computers.
Killer features:
- Keep folders in synch across multiple computers. No more emailing files to yourself
- Share folders with other people. For instance, I shared a folder with my bookkeeper to put receipts into, we have a shared folder for work projects, you can share folders with clients to transfer files back and forth
- Public folder. If you want to send a big file to someone and can’t email it, you can put the file in your dropbox public folder. That uploads it and you can send a link to the person and they can download it from the dropbox server.
- Mini backup. Files in here are available from the dropbox website, so in a pinch you can login to the Dropbox website and get that presentation you forgot.
Cost:
- Free, can store up to 2GB
- $10/month for 50GB storage
- $20/month for 100GB storage