#Chronosync alternative for free#

The nominal successor to Apple’s Backup app may be the 4.7 release of Econ Technologies’ ChronoSync, a long-standing Mac app that offers on-demand and scheduled synchronization and backup. (CrashPlan can also perform local and LAN-based backups.) Independent cloud backup options, like Backblaze and CrashPlan, back up your data for a recurring fee. Time Machine filled the gap for local backups but has never offered a cloud-based option. ICloud eliminated the Backup app’s iDisk option, and iCloud Drive took years to materialize after that, but only for general file storage. Although it was never a good backup app, Backup went through several versions, and in its best-remembered incarnation, it could selectively copy files from your Mac to a MobileMe iDisk, a Finder-mountable version of what would later be called “cloud storage.” Some Mac users remember Apple’s Backup app more fondly than it deserves because nothing quite took its place. Investigating ChronoSync 4.7 for Cloud Backup #1625: Apple's 'Far Out' event, the future of FileMaker, free NMUG membership, Quick Note and tags in Notes, Plex suffers data breach.

#1626: AirTag replacement battery gotcha, Kindle Kids software flaws, iOS 12.5.6 security fix.

#1627: iPhone 14 lineup, Apple Watch SE/Series 8/Ultra, new AirPods Pro, iOS 16 and watchOS 9 released, Steve Jobs Archive.

#1628: iPhone 14 impressions, Dark Sky end-of-life, tales from Rogue Amoeba.

#Chronosync alternative for free#

#1629: iOS 16.0.2, customizing the iOS 16 Lock Screen, iPhone wallet cases, meditate for free with Oak.