Bandwagon - Firmly On It

Bandwagon was released today, and so far, it's living up to my expectations.

The program runs in the background, slowly backing up all of my iTunes. That's almost 30 gb of music, tv shows, podcasts, and audiobooks.

I have it set to flash an alert for each song it backs up, so I can see the progress.

The idea is that you do a full back up once (unlimited space is available) and then any additions or changes are backed up in the background as soon as you make the change in iTunes.

Simple.

But here's the best part:

Their tech support/customer service is phenomenal.

This morning, I did something wrong and then compounded my error. (Shocking, I know.) I posted on the google group they set up for tech support and the company co-founder got in touch with me asap.

I am impressed with the service itself, and even more impressed with the support.

I will keep posting on the program as I use it to let you know if I finally found the solution to my hard drive problems.

Bandwagon - New iTunes Backup

I have been looking for a great online backup for my iTunes for a long time.

With my last macbook pro, I lost my collection and rebuilt the newer parts of my collection several times from October to now. Though I have external backups, I add so much new music and I travel without my external backups, so it's hard to keep everything backed up (now that I have exceeded my 30gb iPod).

I just read on podblog about Bandwagon, a new service I am excited to try. It's built on Amazon's S3, which I have been wanting to try for a long time.

The introductory price is $69/year, and the renewal price is $99/year. Given all of the aggravation, I can attest that a great backup solution is well worth the price. It's not a price I will be paying this year, though, because they decided to comp music bloggers to check it out.

Visit Bandwagon for more information.