For unlimited capacity, the service still costs $4.95 per month. With MozyHome, users can upload as much as 2GB of any type of content for free, with no expiration date, according to EMC. Carbonite says it will have a Mac version of its system in the middle of this year, and Itronis Technologies says on its Web site that it will extend its eSureIT backup service to Macs and Linux computers, but gives no date. Though PC users have had many options for online backup, Mac users have been left behind. Last month EMC agreed to buy drive maker Iomega for $213 million. It's part of parent EMC's move into the consumer space with a variety of storage options.
MOZYHOME AS CLOUD FOR MAC
Mozy claims MozyHome for Mac is the only unlimited online backup service for Macs.
Berkeley introduced a Mac version last April that had remained in beta since then, though both Berkeley and Mozy charged $4.95 per month for unlimited storage with the service. MozyHome is already commercially available for PCs. The company, in Salt Lake City, is now called Mozy and is part of EMC's Cloud Infrastructure and Services Division. EMC took over the service when it bought Berkeley Data Systems last October. MozyHome lets consumers back up the data on their desktops and laptops to a remote datacenter, then recover it later if their systems crash.
The MozyHome online backup service became generally available on Thursday after a long beta test and the acquisition of its creator by EMC.
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