Magic Backup is a service that uses your your high-speed Internet connection and your Windows® PC to make backup copies of all your important files to a remote location that we provide.  We install a small program on your computer that locates and makes secure copies of your pictures, movies, music, documents and other important data silently and automatically.  Magic Backup keeps track of new files and changes to existing files so it always knows what needs to be backed up.  It performs what we call "Automatic Continuous Backup" in the background without interfering with the normal use of your computer.

In the event of a computer failure, theft, fire, or other accidental loss of files, you can easily recover your irreplaceable files at the drop of a hat.  You can also download your backed up files from any computer with an Internet connection and Web Browser, giving you unprecedented access to your photos, presentations, etc. 

Magic Backup can safely backup and restore ANY file type.  Here are a few of the extension types that we can backup.  When you download our service to your PC, it comes with a standard set of files that we recommend to be backed up.  It is your choice to use standard set, or modify our standard set your heart’s content.  Any file you can create, we can backup.

.GIF Graphical Interchange Format File (GIF Raster Image)
.BMP Bitmap Image File (BMP Raster Image)
.CSV Comma Separated Values for Microsoft Excel (CSV Data)
.DAT Microsoft Exchange E-mail Attachments (DAT Files)
.DBF Database File or FoxPro Table (DBF Data bases)
.DOC Microsoft Word or WordPad Document (DOC Text Files)
.DOCX Microsoft Word Open XML Document (DOCX Text Files)
.DOT Microsoft Word Template (DOT Text Templates)
.DWG AutoCAD Drawing Database File (DWG 3D Image files)
.EML Outlook Express Saved Mail Message (EML Misc emails)
.FAX Fax Document (FAX Raster Image)
.FM FileMaker (FM Page Layout) and FileMaker Pro Spreadsheet (FMX Datafile)
.FMT FoxPro Format File (FMT Settings)
.HTM Hypertext Markup Language File (HTM Web file)
.HTML Hypertext Markup Language File (HTM Web file)
.JPEG JPEG Image File (Raster Image)
.LOG Log File (LOG Text)
.MPP Microsoft Project File (MPP Data File)
.MSG Mail Message, Microsoft Outlook (Text MSG)
.NSF Lotus Notes or Domino Database (Local NSF Database)
.ODS Open Document Spreadsheet or Outlook Express 5 Mailbox (ODS Data File)
.ODT Open Document Text Document (ODT Text File)
.OST Outlook Offline Folder File (Secure OST File)
.PDF Portable Document Format File (PDF Page Layout)  Includes Adobe Acrobat and others
.PNG Portable Network Graphic (PNG Raster Image)
.PPS Microsoft PowerPoint Slide Show (PPS Data File)
.PPT Microsoft PowerPoint Document (PPT Data File)
.PPTX Microsoft PowerPoint Open XML Document (PPTX Newer Data File)
.PST Personal Information Store File (PST local mailbox)
.PUB Microsoft Publisher Document (PUB Data File)
.REX ReCycle Loop File (REX Audio Format)
.RTF Rich Text Format File (RTF Text File)
.TIF Tagged Image File (TIF Raster Image)
.TIFF Tagged Image File Format (TIFF Raster Image)
.TXT PLAIN TEXT FILE (Good old TXT)
.VDX Visio Drawing XML File (VDX Data File)
.VSD Visio Drawing File (VSD Data File)
.VSS Visio Stencil File (VSS Image)
.VST Visio Drawing Template (VST Image)
.VSX Visio Stencil XML File (VSX Data File)
.VTX Visio Template XML File (VTX Data File)
.XLS Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet (XLS Data File)
.XLSX Microsoft Excel Open XML Document (XLSX Data File)
.XLT Microsoft Excel Template (XLT Data Template)
.XML XML File (XML Data File)
.ZIP Zipped File (ZIP Compressed File)
 

Try it for free.  If you like it, which we're sure you will, simply upgrade your free trial subscription to a paid one-year subscription for less that $5 per month.  That's $59.99 for a full year of protection.  You can save even more by paying for two years up-front at $99.99, less than $4.20 per month.  But wait !  Act now and we'll throw in this free........just kidding.

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Just a fancy name?  Perhaps, but it does describe why Magic Backup is so easy to use, and so reliable.  Unlike other backup products that perform "scheduled" backups during the middle of the night, Magic Backup is always on the lookout for new or changed files that need to be backed up.  The minute you're done editing a document, (well, 10 minutes after actually), Magic Backup will silently prepare and transfer a secure copy of that file to your private location on our servers.  You never have to worry about complicated configuration settings, marking files for backup, changing backup tapes, burning backup CDs, or any of that old-school backup mumbo-jumbo.

For most users, Magic Backup will work great right "out of the box".  If you happen to be a more tech-savvy user, Magic Backup does provide some advanced settings so you can tweak it just the way you like.

The current release of Magic Backup supports Microsoft Windows XP® and Windows Vista® operating systems.  We are working to add support for MAC OSX, and developing an Enterprise version called Magic Backup Pro to support servers.

The following minimum system specifications are recommended: 

• Windows XP or Vista OS
• High-speed Internet connection (DSL, Cable or equivalent)
• 500 MHz Pentium 4 Processor or higher
• 256 MB RAM or higher
• 10 MB disk space for application installation
• 2 GB free hard disk space for temporary working space

As many as you like, provided that you have a paid subscription for each computer.  And to make it easy, you can manage all of your computers and subscriptions with your single account on MagicBackup.com.

By default, Magic Backup will backup all of the contents of your Desktop, My Documents folder, My Pictures folder, My Music folder, My Videos folder, and important Application Data from installed applications.  For most users, these default settings will work just fine.

It's easy to select additional folders for backup if you need to.  Magic Backup adds a "context menu" pick to Windows Explorer and your Desktop that allows you to right-click on an item and select or remove it from backup.

Control what is backed up using the Explorer context menu

When you first install Magic Backup, it may take from several hours to several days to make the initial copies of your files.  This time will depend on the number and size of the files you need backed up, and on the speed of your Internet connection.  Remember that Magic Backup operates silently in the background to perform all of its work, and won't interfere with the normal use of your computer.

Once this "initial backup" of your files is complete, Magic Backup will monitor all of your files and backup only the changes and new files that you create.  New and changed files will start being backed up 10 minutes after they stop changing.  Once a file is backed up, that same file won't be backed up again for 24 hours.  This ensures that you always have the most recent versions of your files backed up.

You can also force Magic Backup to make a backup of a particular file as soon as possible by using the right-click menu in Windows Explorer.

  Backup a file ASAP using the Explorer context menu

Can you afford not to have backup copies of your family pictures?  Your home movies?  Your financial information?  According to a recent study by Carnegie Mellon University, computer hard drive failures are far more common that you might think.  As many as 1 in 10 computer hard drives fail before their expected lifecycle.  As you become increasingly dependent on your digital lifestyle, you need to be smart about keeping off-site backups of your stuff, and Magic Backup is the easiest, most reliable way to do it !