Neil, please tell us how accessible the Carbonite website interface is in terms of versioning. I am currently using dropbox and their versioning is difficult at best. I would consider switching to Carbonite if it is a better user experience. Thanks for anything you can tell us.
Sent from my IPhone > On Sep 11, 2014, at 9:55 AM, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I like these, however, you’ve missed cloud solutions such as Carbonite, who I > especially like. They are fully automated, need no baby sitting, and, are > both off site and continuous. > > Carbonite also allows for versioning, so if like me, once upon a time you > saved over the top of hours worth of work, no problem, Carbonite keeps > versions of all files you create for up to, I believe three months. > > > > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your > accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - [email protected] > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > >> On 11 Sep 2014, at 14:49, Kayaker <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Here is a basic strategy with increasing levels of commitment to your time. >> >> 1. The Absolute Barest of Barest >> Purchase an external drive that matches the capacity of your internal drive >> and use either Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to perform a complete clone >> of the drive, making it a bootable volume. If you do this weekly, you'll >> never lose more than a weeks worth of work. >> >> 2. A reasonable Method >> Use plan 1 and add a time machine backup. Either a time capsule, or another >> attached drive. If you have a laptop, the time capsule is a nice solution >> since you do not need to physically attach the drive. This gives you archive >> abilities and reduces the potential loss down to an hour's worth of work. >> >> 3. A Basic Plan >> Use Plan 2 and add a second backup drive to your plan 1 rotation. In other >> words, have two drives that you use for making a clone and use the first >> drive on odd number weeks and the second on even numbered weeks. Keep one of >> those drives in a different physical location. Thus helping you in case of >> meteor strikes or a black hole opening up in your house. >> >> Time machine is fantastic, but it's not enough. I've seen too many time >> machine backups fail when it's been needed after a disaster. That is why I >> think it is critical to have a cloned bootable drive of your main system. >> What is nice about using an app like carbon copy cloner, is that after >> making the backup, it will tell you if there are files that it had trouble >> reading. This is a great indicator of the health of your data. >> >> Best, >> --k >> Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the >> questions. >> >> >>> On Sep 10, 2014, at 5:46 PM, The Believer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Can I get a basic strategy to use for backups? I will use a USB 3.0 500gig >>> external drive. After I start doing this, I will get closer to upgrading to >>> Mavericks. I created the bootable USB drive for that today. >>> >>> I do not plan on cloud backups at least not for a while. Thanks. >>> >>> From The Believer. . . >>> . . . what if it were true? >>> [email protected] >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
