At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Free 10GB plan Affordable monthly and yearly plans Attractive, easy cross-platform client software Virtual drive allows access directly from Windows Explorer Versioning for both sync and backup Cons No online editing Limited preview compatibility File retention settings are global, not per job Our Verdict Icedrive is one of the slickest online storage services available. There’s no online editing, but there are online previews, sharing, and competitive pricing. Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Retailer Price Icedrive $6 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Icedrive online storage Retailer Price Icedrive $6 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices There are a lot of choices in online backup these days, so users can pick and choose the easiest and most affordable. Icedrive competes well on both fronts — proving to be one of my favorites to use. This is my second review of the service, with a look at some features that were formerly in beta. Color me impressed. Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best online backup services to learn about competing products. What are Icedrive’s features? As with any online storage vendor, Icedrive’s primary feature is providing an offsite repository for your files. However, it also sports collaboration features such as file sharing, public links, and file requests (others asking to see your files). In addition to its facility for syncing files, Icedrive’s client-side software provides an optional virtual drive. You can change the drive letter but it defaults to I: (Icedrive, “I:”, get it?), which is good enough in my book. Icedrive in action under Windows. The virtual drive acts as a local portal to your online files, as well as an encrypted folder that utilizes a secondary password or passphrase that you define. Icedrive doesn’t have access to this passphrase, so don’t lose or forget it. iOS and Android apps are also provided, so you can back up your phone or other mobile devices. My one caveat here is the lack of a Sync tab as on the Windows client. Instead mobile backups (it’s not traditional sync) are defined under the settings tab — the last place I looked. Icedrive on and iPhone Speaking of such, in addition to the two-way syncing virtual drive, Icedrive’s Windows client offers what it calls “Full sync” and “Backup.” The former is two-way sync and the latter is one-way sync. Both use versioning, which is a bit odd for two-way sync. File versioning can serve as a kind of ad hoc backup: Older files are kept just in case. Icedrive does it better than most. Instead of moving the older file to a visible sub-directory, or renaming the older file and leaving it in plain view (this can get messy with a lot of versions), it retains the files out of sight. IceDrive was very quick to spot new and changed files. Shown are the older versions of this test file. Sync is enhanced with the choice to delete files locally (or not) after they are deleted online (mirroring the online version), and to delete files online (or not) after they were deleted locally (mirroring the local data repository). Select both and you’re in effect doing “Full sync,” or two-way sync. Alas, the delete options are not available on a per-sync job basis — they apply to all sync pairs. Icedrive offers an online document preview feature that handles many common types. PDF, JPEG, MP3, Wave, and even FLAC/OGG/M4A (lossless included) play just fine, so an A for audio file support. It still, however, will not correctly display my Excel spreadsheets. No editing of said documents is available, so if you’re looking to work online, Icedrive is likely not your cup of tea. At least for now. That said, Icedrive doesn’t make claims in this regard. As simple storage with easy access, it’s a winner. How easy is it to use Icedrive? Icedrive is easy to get up to speed with, once you understand all the sync/backup options. If you know the ins and outs of sync already, that shouldn’t take long. The Icedrive virtual drive for macOS and Linux relies on the public domain macFUSE driver — a separate download. OpenDrive for Apple machines also relies on this macOS extension, which seems to work well. To access your encrypted folder from the “local” I: drive, you must enter the passphrase online, then open the local client and under the Mount tab, choose Crypto Lock, and enter the passphrase. Simple, and after that, it’s all transparent. Icedrive is easy to get up to speed with, once you understand all the sync/backup options. Icedrive’s Encrypted folder provides a private second layer of security for important or sensitive data. Dragging a few files to the IceDrive Virtual Drive is certainly the easiest way to upload them, but there’s local caching going on so you can eat up disk space (especially important with internal SSDs) in a hurry. You can move the cache file to an external location, and there’s also an “upload” context menu option that bypasses the major caching and copies the files directly online. Sadly, this context menu item is not available for the Mac. On that platform you’ll need to upload using a sync pair to avoid local caching. Icedrive’s virtual drive is your window into your online storage. Some is cached locally, Note that you can set the online storage as read-only if you want to be sure files don’t get mucked up. How much does Icedrive cost? The five-year plans that the company once featured are gone, while the monthly and yearly options remain. Simpler is generally better when you’re trying to support a large number of users, no doubt. The five-year plans have been dropped in favor of pure annual and monthly rates. The monthly plans as of this writing are $8 for 1TB and $20 for 5TB, while annual prices at the time of this writing are: $29 for 2TB (discounted from $99), $49 for 4TB (discounted from $159), and $99 for 6TB (down from $269). The discounted yearly plans I saw are outstanding values and there’s always the free 10GB plan (without the encrypted folder) so you can kick the tires. Note that the discounts are only good for the first year you use the service, and the above offers may only be temporary. Don’t just click blindly through on my reporting. And while the discounted plans are excellent deals, the normal fees are on the pricey side. How does Icedrive perform? Any online storage service will of course be limited to the upload/download bandwidth of your broadband connection. That said, the program was quite speedy in my testing under Windows, and without throttling the rest of the system. It also found new versions of files quickly and synced them to the cloud in darn close to real time. Nice. The experience was largely the same with the macOS version, with the exception that the IceDrive client tended to thwart my attempts to shut down the computer. I had to use “Force quit” on the program on several occasions. Also, the “pause backup” button was sometimes less than responsive. Basically, the Mac client needs to poll the system for OS commands more often. No biggie, but annoying. Should you sign up for Icedrive? Icedrive is easy to use, versatile, and its pricing is quite competitive — when discounted. Drop a half star from the rating at the normal prices. But it’s still definitely worth a look-see. Editor’s note: Because online services are often iterative, gaining new features and performance improvements over time, this review is subject to change in order to accurately reflect the current state of the service. 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Wow. After the depressing last couple of months in hardware, CES 2026 was exactly the breath of fresh air and optimism I needed. To be clear, consumer desktop CPU and GPU news was largely a bust—for new architecture announcements, anyway. Intel focused on mobile processors, talking up Panther Lake during its press conference and taking potshots at AMD’s handheld chips. AMD barely mentioned consumer during its two-hour+ keynote presentation, instead leaning hard into enterprise. (At a “consumer” show, yes.) Team Red did announce Ryzen AI 400 processors on stage, as well as show off an ultra-compact Ryzen AI Halo mini-PC, but the reveal of the Ryzen 7 9850X3D trickled out on the side. As for Nvidia, it straight up told everyone that it would not announce new GPUs during its community update stream. Welcome to The Full Nerd newsletter—your weekly dose of hardware talk from the enthusiasts at PCWorld. Missed the surprising topics on our YouTube show or latest news from across the web? You’re in the right place.  Want this newsletter to come directly to your inbox? Sign up on our website! But AMD also hinted that we could potentially drop a mobile Ryzen CPU into a desktop PC sometime in the future. (Wut.) Intel says the integrated graphics in its Panther Lake chips can go toe-to-toe with discrete RTX 4000-series GPUs—and initial benchmarks appear to back up the claim. And Nvidia dropped both upscaling upgrades and new monitor tech that made Brad a believer in DLSS 4.5 and G-Sync Pulsar right away. And outside of that, CES 2026 was still plenty full of the weird, unexpected tech it’s known for. HP’s simple yet captivating EliteBoard PC stuffs a whole system into a keyboard. Cooling company Ventiva demoed a fanless (!) handheld for utterly silent mobile gaming. Dell’s 52-inch ultrawide monitor laughs in the face of desk space limits. Asus took “Por que no los dos” literally and packed its new Zephyrus Duo with two full OLED touchscreens. Not unhinged enough? The show floor was filled with all kind of bonkers gear in the very best way. (I’m pining hard for that Jackery Solar Mars Bot. I don’t even spend much time in sunlight.) The ultimate sleeper PC.Michael Crider / Foundry So sure, Intel, AMD, and Nvidia all signaled that their focus would be on mobile, AI, software, AI…and AI. (By the way, when we took a count at each press conference, AMD dominated with 207 mentions in two hours. Two hundred and seven.) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang even told our own Adam Patrick Murray during a Q&A session that “The future is neural rendering. That’s the way graphics ought to be.” And the RAM shortages still hang in the background of all the fun news, silent but heavy. Few prices were announced during the show. Analysts confirmed coming price increases of 15 to 20 percent on PCs. Both AMD and Nvidia hinted at the return of older chip technologies. But we as enthusiasts still have plenty of neat things to look forward to. Lots to make our lives simpler, lots that adapt better to the constraints (and pressures) of modern living. Also, a surprising number of $5,000+ robots that I would consider inviting into my home. I did not have that on my 2026 bingo card. In this episode of The Full Nerd  In this episode of The Full Nerd, Brad Chacos, Adam Patrick Murray, Mark Hachman, and Michael Crider recap their CES 2026 experiences—the best, the worst, and the most insane things they saw while traipsing through Las Vegas. (My nomination, sitting at home? Brad’s drink during the show, which was three feet long. I asked him how many ounces it was. He responded in distance. It’s so much liquid that it transcends the typical measuring system.) Willis Lai / Foundry Missed our live show? Subscribe now to The Full Nerd Network YouTube channel, and activate notifications. We also answer viewer questions in real-time! Don’t miss out on our NEW shows too—you can catch episodes of Dual Boot Diaries and The Full Nerd: Extra Edition now! And if you need more hardware talk during the rest of the week, come join our Discord community—it’s full of cool, laid-back nerds. This week’s flood of nerd news So in the last newsletter, when I predicted there would be a lot of news for this one, I had ballparked more than usual. Boy, did I end up understating that. Much of the big tech news is packed in the link-filled thoughts above, of course. But there was plenty of smaller, interesting tidbits too—some fun, some sobering. And some downright dangerous, depending on your viewpoint. Arctic holds its own pretty well against Noctua, according to testing done by Tom’s Hardware. Neat.Noctua Cheap, but good: Tom’s Hardware did a bit of hands-on testing to comparing the Noctua’s legendary fans and Arctic’s equally legendary alternative. (I own multiple packs of Arctic’s P-series fans, because, yeah. That value.) Turns out, us frugal types aren’t missing out on too much. I’m glad for this news: Magnetic switches are all the rage, and Cherry is still fighting the good fight for its survival with not one, but two new magnetic TMR keyboards. Happy birthday, Blu-ray: First, I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since Blu-ray first appeared. Second, how the heck has it been 20 years? So cute: The deep nerdery of creating art within the intersection of time and space is weirdly profound, with adorable results. (The effort creates images of cats. Meow.) Computer Chronicles rocked: Producer and host Stewart Cheifet passed away at age 87 this past December. In addition to being part of PBS’s stellar educational programming, there’s also a PCWorld connection. Both Gordon and Will were on an episode back in the day! I’m glad I’m not alone: Game publisher Hooded Horse’s head honcho says that any titles it releases can’t have AI assets, because as the CEO says: “I [censored] hate gen AI art.” I feel less on my own in a universe currently full of endless AI slop. Who’s a good pup? I’m more of a cat person, but I still think dogs are great. Even more so after reading this Ars Technica article. And some of the hilarious comments from Ars readers—particularly this one about a dog who knows the names of about 100 toys: “Okay, there’s being a good boy, a very good boy, and then just being a show off.” ??????InWin InWin showed off yet another bonkers case? I’m in: The Aeon looks like an egg, sports a ton of glass, and requires an RFID card to open? Already a fan. Thank you, Mr. Rosen: I was always more of a Nintendo kid, but Sega was a big part of my childhood still. Here we go again! Pebble lives once more, and now it’s revived its round smartwatch. I own an original Round, and boy, this Round 2 is tempting…even though it lacks some important features I’ve come to expect from my smartwatches. (Really, no heart rate monitoring?!) Man, I’m so on the fence. Some welcome news: Color me surprised, especially after so many vendors basically kill aging hardware by refusing to support it. Good on Bose for allowing people to take further updates into their own hands. Weird, but cool: Keychron is well-known for its mechanical keyboards, but this CES 2026, they decided to bring something a little different with them to the show… (Yes, I’ve notified Adam of this.) Y’all, I’m in trouble: Brad wore a cool circuit-patterned shirt during CES. I asked him where he got it. He gave me the link. The site could be ThinkGeek reborn. I’ve already immediately fallen in love with the most fantastic and absolutely ugliest Excel cardigan. (Help.) Gosh, what a banger of a start to the new year. I thought I’d spend most of this week sneaking in complaints about crowded gyms. Yes, it’s absolutely other people’s fault I ate too much and drank a ton of Will’s excellent eggnog. (Thanks again for sharing that with us!) Catch you all next week! Alaina This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Gordon Mah Ung, founder and host of The Full Nerd, and executive editor of hardware at PCWorld. Read...

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