Automatic,
set-and-forget
online backup
solution now
available on Mac OS
BOSTON — March
16, 2009 —
Carbonite, Inc., the
leading provider of
online backup to
consumers and small
businesses, today
launches Carbonite
Online Backup for
Mac. The product
offers unlimited,
automatic online
backup for
Intel-based Macs
with OS 10.4 or
10.5.
"Our beta users
were thrilled with
Carbonite's simple
set-and-forget
online backup
solution for Mac.
Now it's available
to everyone, and
we're confident that
Carbonite for Mac
will become the Mac
user's favorite way
to protect their
data," said David
Friend, co-founder
and CEO of Carbonite.
"Thanks to the fine
work of the Mac
fanatics in our
engineering team, we
now have a service
that combines the
robustness,
scalability and
maturity of our
back-end storage
systems with the
elegance and beauty
of a Mac interface."
Carbonite has
backed up more than
25 billion files,
and backs up more
than 100 million new
files every day.
Carbonite Online
Backup installs with
just a few clicks
and runs quietly in
the background,
continually backing
up the irreplaceable
files on a computer.
It is completely
automatic — once
installed, Carbonite
finds new and
changed files and
continues to back
them up whenever the
computer is
connected to the
Internet. Data is
encrypted before
leaving the local
computer and is
transmitted to
Carbonite's secure
data centers using
HTTPS (SSL) for
total privacy. For
$54.95 per year,
Carbonite
subscribers get
unlimited backup
space, so they'll
never outgrow their
Carbonite
subscription. A free
trial is available
at
Carbonite.com.
Carbonite Online
Backup for Mac
contains a number of
product features to
meet the needs of
all types of users.
Easy Install
Carbonite Online
Backup installs
quickly and easily.
The application is
fully integrated
with the Mac OS and
works quietly in the
background without
impacting system
performance. By
default, Carbonite
backs up the
irreplaceable files
in all users'
folders, including
the desktop,
documents and
pictures folders.
Mac users can
check the status of
their backup by
opening the
Carbonite Preference
Pane through System
preferences. Under
the Backup tab,
users are able to
see colored dots on
every file and
folder indicating
whether or not the
file is included in
the backup and if
that backup is
up-to-date.
Easy Restore
In the event of
data loss, Carbonite
makes it easy to
recover files.
Individual files and
folders can be
restored directly to
a Mac through
Carbonite to the
original location,
the desktop, or
another location
selected by the
user. There's no
delay and no need to
have DVDs or hard
drives shipped in
the mail. For a full
restore, there is a
Restore Assistant
that guides Mac
users through the
process.
Easy on your
bandwidth
Carbonite Online
Backup for Mac uses
powerful lossless
compression to
minimize the impact
on Internet speed.
Carbonite
automatically
adjusts its
bandwidth
requirements for
other tasks running
on a Mac, so users
never even notice
Carbonite is working
in the background.
If the user has
multiple Macs
sharing one Internet
connection, they can
switch to
low-priority mode to
ensure that
Carbonite doesn't
interfere with the
Internet usage of
other computers.
Remote Web
Access
Just last week,
Carbonite unveiled
the addition of
remote file access
to its basic
service. Carbonite
subscribers can log
on to their account
from any browser on
any kind of computer
and immediately
download files that
are backed-up with
Carbonite.
