Although I use a Mac I also use Carbonite, if only because iCloud has only just appeared. You can buy extra space on iCloud if you need it. However I don't see any saving over the cost of Carbonite so I won't be switching Nick Serpell nick.serpell@serpell.org On 29 Nov 2011, at 08:19, Andrew Jolly wrote: > No I am not using it but 5Gb doesn't seem to be very much if yo are backing up the whole project, plus other things as well. > > I use carbonite which is not free but is unlimited and I'm already up to 65 Gb ! It's the same maxim - you get what you pay for! > > Regards > > Andrew > > > On 28 Nov 2011, at 23:26, Davies, Roy wrote: > >> A growing number of people seem to be using Family Historian on Apple Macs (e.g. by installing Parallels and Windows on the Mac). I wonder if anyone is using Apple's iCloud to back up their data? I tried to set it up, apparently successfully, and it tells me I have 5 GB of 5 GB available but that I am not using any storage. I thought that the backups were supposed to be made automatically. >> >> If anyone is using iCloud storage for backing up their genealogical data I'd be pleased if they could tell me if there is a crucial step that I have overlooked. >> >> Regards, >> >> Roy >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >