Comments on: Backup Ideas http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/ TheAppleBlog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 07:34:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Banjobarry http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-113431 Banjobarry Sun, 13 Jan 2008 02:18:25 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-113431 After reading several articles on Lifehacker and other reliable sites, it looks like Silverkeeper is best for Tiger users and iBackup and Backuplist have just been updated to be fully compatible with Leopard. All three of these applications are free to boot! It's always nice to find a free solution, especially to something we should all be doing to avoid disaster. After reading several articles on Lifehacker and other reliable sites, it looks like Silverkeeper is best for Tiger users and iBackup and Backuplist have just been updated to be fully compatible with Leopard.

All three of these applications are free to boot!

It’s always nice to find a free solution, especially to something we should all be doing to avoid disaster.

]]> By: John Cage http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-109184 John Cage Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:52:11 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-109184 I think the fact that there are a good number of companies offering rempote backups now is wonderful. The speed of the internet is such that its possible to remotely backup your files and therefore the worry of theft, or other damage such as fire is removed. As long as the backup tool is 'set and forget' then thats the main thing. For backing up entire machines I use Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner. They work REALLY well I think the fact that there are a good number of companies offering rempote backups now is wonderful. The speed of the internet is such that its possible to remotely backup your files and therefore the worry of theft, or other damage such as fire is removed. As long as the backup tool is ’set and forget’ then thats the main thing.

For backing up entire machines I use Super Duper or Carbon Copy Cloner. They work REALLY well

]]> By: Will http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102503 Will Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:03:48 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102503 I backup my work in two steps with an external hard drive, and a 1gig thumbdrive. For weekly system backups, I just drag out my external Maxtor drive and backup to it all of my work. For daily backups of projects, pictures, and work that I need I write an application with Automater and have it active when I mount my thumbdrive. I backup my work in two steps with an external hard drive, and a 1gig thumbdrive.

For weekly system backups, I just drag out my external Maxtor drive and backup to it all of my work.

For daily backups of projects, pictures, and work that I need I write an application with Automater and have it active when I mount my thumbdrive.

]]> By: Avi Flax http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102478 Avi Flax Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:17:12 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102478 I also back up to <a href='http://aws.amazon.com/s3' rel="nofollow">S3</a>, using <a href="http://www.jungledisk.com" rel="nofollow">JungleDisk</a>. I highly recommend this approach for laptop users, people with more than one computer, or people with offline data to back up, in addition to what's on their computers, such as the contents of an external drive. I also back up to S3, using JungleDisk. I highly recommend this approach for laptop users, people with more than one computer, or people with offline data to back up, in addition to what’s on their computers, such as the contents of an external drive.

]]> By: Jono http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102359 Jono Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:12:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102359 I recommended Chronosync when your hard drive went tits up. And I'd recommend it again for the MacBook along with a network drive. I got one of those that look just like an external USB/FireWire drive but connects to a rounter instead. It was pretty cheap & can I backup my MacBook Pro wirelessly. I think you can just buy the caddies nowadays if you have a spare HD lying around. I use the drive between 3 computers & it's really convenient. I recommended Chronosync when your hard drive went tits up.
And I’d recommend it again for the MacBook along with a network drive. I got one of those that look just like an external USB/FireWire drive but connects to a rounter instead. It was pretty cheap & can I backup my MacBook Pro wirelessly. I think you can just buy the caddies nowadays if you have a spare HD lying around. I use the drive between 3 computers & it’s really convenient.

]]> By: Mark http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102351 Mark Tue, 27 Feb 2007 19:57:04 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102351 While I use a MacBook Pro I no longer manually hook up an external drive now that my external drive is available on my airport...making backups easier. While I use a MacBook Pro I no longer manually hook up an external drive now that my external drive is available on my airport…making backups easier.

]]> By: Richard http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102340 Richard Tue, 27 Feb 2007 18:44:15 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2007/02/27/backup-ideas/#comment-102340 Have you considered using Amazon's S3 service ? It's what I use myself for off-site backup's. It's cheap and secure! You can read how I used it <a href="http://switch.richard5.net/isp-in-a-box-v2/backup-using-s3-from-amazon/" rel="nofollow"> here on my blog</a> Have you considered using Amazon’s S3 service ? It’s what I use myself for off-site backup’s. It’s cheap and secure!

You can read how I used it here on my blog

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