Hi If you have only a small amount of data or do not want to break the bank, just get a USB flash drive. You can pick up 2GB ones for under a tenner and while it will be slow on a machine with USB 1.1 it will do the job.
Simon On 7 Dec 2008, at 07:01, Dan wrote: > > 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 > > > > --- http://www.simonroyal.co.uk and http://www.nmug.org.uk --- sent from my PowerBook G4 867Mhz, 768MB RAM, Mac OSX 10.5 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
