At 8:19 PM -0800 12/6/2008, John Hokanson wrote: >I need to start backing up some stuff on my Indigo Blue iMac. Not a >total hard drive backup, but something more along the lines of >backing up documents, music, and certain downloaded programs.
How much data? >Ploblem is that it doesn't have Firewire or an internal CD-R, so my >options are limited. I've been weighing the pros and cons of every >solution and have settled on three options: > >1. Zip Drive (100 or 250MB) >2. SuperDisk Drive (120 MB) >3. External CD-R(W) using USB 1.1 Bus (650+ MB) 4) An external HD. >I'm loathe to shell out for the CD-R(W), because eventually I'll be >trading in this iMac for something that has Firewire, and I'll get a >full blown external DVD-RW setup then. Choices 1 and 2 are obsolete technology; a waste of $. Choice 3 is ok, but as you mention - obsolete when you upgrade the machine. So do the external drive. Yea, it will be slow at USB 1.1, but who cares - just let the backup run in the background, or go get dinner. Given the Xmas sale prices, they're quite inexpensive. For a few bucks more you could pop for one that has both USB and FW - then it will be useful for your newer machine. Use an app like SuperDuper or CarbonCopyCloner to make a full backup. Then set it up to do appropriate incrementals daily or weekly.... Very easy. Very reliable. And a bootable FULL backup is a heck of lot more useful than a piecemeal solution. FWIW, my full backup, over USB 1.1, to an external La Cie d2 Quadra, took all night; 40+ GB. But my daily (scheduled) incremental backup take less than 45 minutes. I'm a bit paranoid, so I quit my email app and dismount my encrypted disk images (dmg) before letting the backup run. Other than that, it just runs happily in the background. This on my 300-MHz Smurf, Tiger, CarbonCopyCloner. HTH, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's iMac List, a group for those using G3, G4, G5, and Intel Core iMacs as well as Apple eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/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/imaclist?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
