[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks eschwartz. I thought Copy.com also acted as a back-up. Like when you first sign up you get this window that says something like 'do you want to put all of your files in the Copy folder?' (I said no.)

I can see that the Copy folder has files from both of my computers, but doesn't it serve as a back-up too? Or do I need to get something else to do that?

All cloud storage sites serve as a form of backup. If you copy files to a flashdrive, that too is a backup.

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Yeah, esp. with videos 2GB is not that much. But I have some questions for you. You wrote that I need to edit in the Copy folder. True. I can see that keeps everything I do there synced. Here are my questions.

1)Do the files (say I put the Documents folder from both computers into the Copy folder) from the two computers get combined when you put them both in the Copy folder?

Yes, same as when you copy a folder called "folder1" from the "Downloads" folder to the "Documents" folder... if there is already a "folder1". The two folders will be merged.

2)If you put all your folders in the Copy folder that's basically a backup then, right?

Yes.

3)Do the folders outside of the Copy folder sort of atrophy, if you will, as you edit in the Copy folder?

They will indeed remain untouched. This is why...

4)Isn't it easy to forget to edit in the Copy folder?

Just move the files into your cloud storage, and the n you always have to edit that copy. Keeping multiple copies of the same file in different places is, ehm, inadvisable -- for that exact reason. enterprise-grade backup solutions (can be cobbled together by kowledgeable people using rsync) handle those extra copies automatically, using versioning -- which is why they are acceptable. You can manually, laboriously do versioning yourself, by copying files and appending dates to the filenames, b ut it is probably not worth the effort.
Do NOT try keeping the latest version in multiple places, it will only frustrate you.