all the more to reason this to use Dropbox which is a Data server storage solution.
On May 2, 2011, at 12:01 PM, Nora Probasco wrote: > Hi Ed, > > I would only be synching one other computer. I mainly want to synch to 3 > different hard drives as back-ups. I have a 750 GB WD portable hard drive > that is dedicated to Time Machine. I have a 1 TB WD portable hard drive that > I am using their program to back-up my machine. I plan to buy another firewre > hard drive dedicated to Super Duper. I do intensive genealogy research and > have been trying to go paperless by scanning all my paper proofs into digital > PDF documents and getting rid of the paper. I want to make sure I never lose > these documents because of hard drive failure. I have already been through > that once. I eventually will be going down to one laptop computer. Right now > my desktop is not an Intel computer and sadly I rarely use it anymore other > than as a server. > > Nora > > On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Ed Wiser <[email protected]> wrote: > You can use any drive with a firewire connection as now days there really > will not be a big selection is the standard is being fazed out by Apple. > > On file sync another choice for important files is to use Dropbox. > > https://www.dropbox.com/ > > This gives you a cloud syncing solution that is easy to use right in the > finder. Drop a file in your dropbox folder it is uploaded and then it is > synced with all your other computers that are logged into your dropbox > account. > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Nora Probasco > Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2011 5:54 PM > > > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] File Synchronization between multiple drives and a Mac > > > Then what back-up fire wire drive would you recommend for a lap top to use > Super Duper on, and have access to Target Disk Mode???? > > Nora > > On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 11:45 AM, Jim Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Another advantage to Firewire drives is Target Disk Mode, which allows you to > migrate your files to a new computer easily if you're not able to use > Migration Assistant for some reason (I was not, and Target Disk Mode saved > me). > Jim > > > > On Apr 30, 2011, at 4:40 PM, Rick Burnett wrote: > > I forgot about that. The only PPC Mac we have left is the eMac in the kitchen > and I don't back it up. > I know there was a reason I used to pay the premium for firewire even when I > was just using the drive for backup and didn't really "need" the extra > speed... > :) > > > On Apr 30, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Lee Larson wrote: > > On Apr 30, 2011, at 12:17 PM, Rick Burnett wrote: > > USB will work fine for Super Duper. I use them all the time. Firewire will > just work faster. > > > Also, older PowerPC Macs can’t boot off USB drives. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup
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