
With IDrive you can do a local backup and an online backup, it's another really useful feature, which Kryptonite doesn't offer. The interface looks a little bit old fashioned, and you have to just get used to being able to maneuver around it and to find what you want. So those are some of the reasons why I chose IDrive. But IDrive keeps them forever, which means your backup device will probably get more filled up, but if you lose an important file, it's good to know that it's out there somewhere and you can probably find it on IDrive. OneDrive will delete backed up files after 30 days. I believe Microsoft will delete backed up files. Kryptonite will delete backed up files after 30 days.

So also IDrive does not, or at least this is what they say, it does not delete backed up files, which is a real added element of safety. And you could have that added to the profile of things you can do with the program. You can also do sync, which works a bit like OneDrive or Dropbox. If you want to do that, an actual mirror image of your computer, which is very useful if you're doing some major work on your computer and are afraid of a crash and this will restore it just as you had it before. IDrive has various other functions besides just file backup. IDrive has voice support and they do pick up the phone, and the service people tend to know what they're talking about. One, I got a special offer, which was a one year subscription for $1. Kryptonite is a very good software, but it lacks some features, which I think are very useful, which IDrive does provide for basically the same money. And I found other people online who had the same problem. It did truly crazy things, like filling up a one terabyte hard drive in one day. I could never get the Microsoft program to work properly. And I also tried to use Microsoft's native Backup and Restore program. One was Kryptonite, which is a third-party backup. I'm a freelance television and film script writer with my own company.
