At 9:19 AM -0500 1/18/2011, Al Poulin wrote:
This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is
the most comprehensive I have seen in a long
time. Also, some of the add-on comments are
excellent, including the idea of testing the
backups.
<http://www.macworld.com/article/156601/2011/01/what_how_backup.html>
Overall, a decent article.
But I TOTALLY disagree with the use of the cloud storage services, tho:
--> For the crème de la crème of your data collection-your iPhoto library
--> and iMovie projects, for example-add an online storage service.
That's just bad advice, IMO.
1) Cloud storage systems are NOT secure. ...This
isn't about their use of some sort of encryption.
This is about their management of the data. NONE
of the services give ANY details as to their
facilities and procedures. They consider that
"confidential". IOW, you have no way of knowing
if they're actually storing your data
redundantly, etc.
2) Your photos and movies are perhaps some of the
most *private* data you have, so the *last* place
you
should be putting them is into the hands of some unknown 3rd party!!!!!
3) Those particular types of file libraries tend
to be big, which means $$$$$ per month! And if
you forget to pay, what happens to your
data???!!! And if you lose your encryption key,
you lose your whole backup!
A better solution would to be give a copy of your
(encrypted or not) backup to a *friend*, for
storage in his/her sock drawer.
Cloud services such as Dropbox are nice, for
collaborative projects, small non-private stuff,
or for when you need a quick way to temporarily
safe guard some data when you're on the road.
But they are NOT good backup solutions.
- Dan.
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