I am a big fan of Time Machine as a painless way to back up your hard drive(s), but I also use (at the office) a program called ChronoSync that can be scheduled to back up only changed files every night, or on whatever schedule you prefer. We use it for our voluminous photo archives. It's worked well for us and we've been using it for about five years. You can learn more about it here:
http://econtechnologies.com/pages/cs/chrono_overview.html Dan > On Nov 6, 2011, at 15:50 , John Robinson wrote: > >> Bill, >> >> On all the computers I use TimeMachine, each of the four servers and the >> three personal Mac's. On the main unit, the one that has MY LIFE I have >> SuperDuper as well as TimeMachine but I still have a huge hole. If I have a >> theft, fire, wind, etc. my system has much to be desired. > > I guess I've never thought this far for my own stuff (I did once cart tapes > home from work to protect them in case of problems at work). > >> I have never felt safe posting my information to some firm (Even Apple) >> through a cloud backup, if I ever do I will still want my own backup. > > Same here. > >> >> I need to purchase a unit similar to what you see at this link, besides the >> cost the main problem is getting it to the downstairs office, getting a 700 >> to 1400 safe ANYWHERE will be a major chore. >> >> http://www.fireking.com/fireking_data_3dm.html >> >> >> Years ago when I used Retrospect (I understand it is now back) it was a >> great system to use as I am wanting for it would allow you to make sets, A, >> B, or Monday, Tuesday, etc. This was not a raid, at least in times back. > > I went and checked out Retrospect again. It is a thought, though it still > would require more manual backup than I would want. My wife and I work almost > entirely on laptops, and if Retrospect is like it was in the past, if the > machines are not both on and wired into the network at the proper time, they > won't back up. I do have fond memories of using it in the past, however, so > maybe I should think about it again. > > Thanks for bringing this up. > > Bill > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
