Backing Up, Storing, and Compressing Your Data and Files
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To make sure you don't lose important files if your computer stops working, you should back up your computer on a regular basis.
For Faculty & Staff
- Backup of Large Datasets
- Departmental Servers
- Automatic Connected Backup Service for Mac & Windows (formerly Iron Mountain)
Other Backup Options
- Automatic online backup services (the easiest way to get backups)
- External Hard Drives
- Portable USB Devices (Memory Sticks and Flash Drives)
- MyFiles@bc — secure web-based file storage, file sharing, and backup space
- CDs or DVDs
- Time Machine (Mac only)
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Running out of storage space? Try compressing your files. File compression is a way of "packaging" a file (or files) to use less disk space. If you are running out of storage space, or are backing up your files, we strongly suggest you compress your files. File compression is also useful when sharing files over the Internet. Learn more about file compression.