Brain-dead backup and stupid-easy sync for numbskull-noobs.

I just learned of a free service you may want to use, called DropBox. It's an online backup service that creates a folder on your computer where you can drop files. Anything you put in the folder is then securely uploaded to their website (great for backing up important files). Better yet, you can install it on multiple computers—both Macs AND PCs—so you can send large files back and forth from one computer to another, or from one family member to another.

You can also drop photos in it, and get a web link you can send to send friends and family so they can view the pics. DropBox gives you 2GBs of storage free, so you can backup a fair amount of stuff (if you want to store more than that, you can always buy more). It's just a super easy way to synchronize and/or back up important files. Just remember, it's not a matter of IF your hard drive will crash harder than the stock market, it's a matter of WHEN.