You can also use Arq from Haystack Software to back up to various places, including Amazon S3/Glacier and Google Drive. Depending on your needs this is free or very, very cost-effective. It's 100% accessible. http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/index.php
But I thought the OP said he wasn't looking for remote backups. As for Time Machine reliability, I can definitely say that it requires non-zero care and attention, sometimes to the point of destroying the backup target and starting again, but I haven't experienced any trouble restoring. Probably Time Capsule is the best bet for this, as it's designed for this purpose and is easy to share or erase backups when there is a need. Time Machine does perform verifications regularly, and will inform you when you need to erase your backup. I personally have never had a need for Super Duper or CCC, though I hear very good things about both. The important thing is that you can create a clone of the machine that's currently booted. You can use OS X's own built-in utilities to create and restore snapshots of disks or volumes that are not mounted. However, let us not forget that one very obvious way to back up data on a regular basis is just to, y'know, make a copy of it. And you can do that with the Finder. :) -- 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.
