On Nov 6, 12:40 pm, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Forget TM. It's not ripe yet. > > Use CCC. The new version is very nice. You tell it what folders to > copy and it does it. As an incremental backup, If you check the > "archive modified and deleted items" box, then instead of deleting > the stale data on the backup, it moves 'em into a time-stamped > folder. This is the equivalent of TM's history but without the > pretty interface (you just poke in with Finder to get older stuff you > need). > > eg: With CCC, I cloned my whole boot volume to my external. And now > I've told CCC to backup /Users/dan every day at 4pm, incremental, > archive. Each afternoon it yammers at me to plug in the external. I > do, it does, it dismounts, it's done. I could have set that up to > backup only /Users/dan/stuff or any other level, or even multiple > folders. Can even schedule multiple tasks, etc. >
Might this work using an external FireWire or USB hard drive on one Mac, and can two or three other Macs reach that hard drive via ethernet and sharing? Or does this whole idea break down by having Public folders or Drop Boxes in the way? If it works, would I have the options of backing up the networked Macs either on demand or upon shutting down? I assume that each Mac would need its own, dedicated backup partition on that external storage, and that it would be bootable. Would it be feasible, or better even, to use Network-attached Storage (NAS) with CCC? I understand that NAS can work via ethernet and Wi- Fi. My wife prefers to go Wi-Fi for her MacBook with something like Time Capsule. But using the expensive Time Capsule excludes CCC and means I'd still need one or more additional external drive(s) to get bootable clones of the several Macintoshes' hard drives. Using Leopard OS X 10.5.2 or later on all machines, and all have Airport. Many Thanks, Al Poulin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
