Vembu StoreGrid supports MAC OS. You can install StoreGrid client in
your MAC OS machine and take the backup to online servers, which may
be (WINDOWS,Linux).
Vembu StoreGrid supports client install for the following MAC OS
versions,
1. Mac OS X 10.3.x (Panther) and 10.4.x (Tiger) for PowerPcs
2.
2. I also have been looking at online backup sites, in addition to a
Online backup option is a good idea. With this option we can safe our
data in online servers, instead in local external drives. It will more
helpful during the machine disaster case. You can try Vembu StoreGrid
online backup
Vembu doesnt support Macs at this time. Why did you post this on a Mac list??
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On Dec 30, 2011, at 3:00 AM, marimuthu marimuth...@gmail.com wrote:
2. I also have been looking at online backup sites, in addition to a
Online backup option is a good idea. With this
On 20 Dec 2011, at 23:09, Dan wrote:
At 4:25 PM -0500 12/20/2011, Bruce wrote:
The safest place to keep your your backup is a safe deposit box at a bank.
Nothing is safer than this.
Perhaps. But I think you'd need to modify safety to include accessible and
incorporate the risks thereof into
On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:20 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
... just make a CCC and put it in your car if you're concerned about
theft, fire, or invasion:-)
this is an interesting solution. don't temperature fluctuations cause
problems with data loss? too hot, too cold?
Anne Keller Smith
Down to
Il giorno 20-12-2011 18:14, Anne Keller-Smith ha scritto:
On Nov 28, 2011, at 11:20 AM, JOHN CARMONNE wrote:
... just make a CCC and put it in your car if you're concerned about
theft, fire, or invasion:-)
this is an interesting solution. don't temperature fluctuations cause
problems with
Placing the backup away from home can be an addition layer of safety...
but you need to make sure you can get your data back.
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Hello,
The safest place to keep your your backup is a safe deposit box at a bank.
Nothing is safer than this.
Bruce Sugarberg
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At 4:25 PM -0500 12/20/2011, Bruce wrote:
The safest place to keep your your backup is a safe deposit box at a bank.
Nothing is safer than this.
Perhaps. But I think you'd need to modify safety to include
accessible and incorporate the risks thereof into your plan. Iffa
you need access to
Yes, you are correct. Many of the online backup services like DropBox,
iCloud, StoreGrid are storing their backup data to Amazon S3 like
cloud storage, because of versatility of cloud storage. As the storage
provider (like S3) provides security high availability of data
storage, the service
What I meant of take care of all worries is, the user need not to
worry about expanding the space requirement, powering the disk
devices, replicating the data to different location etc., etc.,.
Any way, if a user backups his data locally means, he can only setup
one or atmost couple of data
There are lot of discussions on backup to external hard disk and not
much in online storage.
Yes, backup to external hard disk is easy, faster and simple. You can
store as much data as you wish in your external disk. But, what if the
external storage disk is corrupted/missing/? Or, what if
At 7:09 AM -0800 11/30/2011, Aravind T wrote:
In this case, you can choose online backup service. You need not to
bother about maintaining your backup data and storage. The backup
service provider will take care of all worries. Instead of uploading
all your system data, you can wisely choose
Lo,
At 15:56 01/12/2011, you wrote:
At 7:09 AM -0800 11/30/2011, Aravind T wrote:
In this case, you can choose online backup service. You need not to
bother about maintaining your backup data and storage. The backup
service provider will take care of all worries. Instead of uploading
all your
At 5:32 PM + 12/1/2011, Martin N wrote:
As I pointed out in the other fork of this thread... You CANNOT
expect the cloud service provider to take care of all worries.
In fact, all the providers are quite careful in their Terms of
Service to NOT accept any responsibility for your data in
Privacy / Convenience
the balance has never been any different.
Just cuz you think it's Remarkably Hip to be ABLE to post crap all
over a globally-viewable grocery store bulletin board, does not
change the fact that you are indeed knowingly posting your stuff
all over a
On Dec 1, 2011, at 11:20 AM, Dan wrote:
Microsofts cloud service does not specify where the data resides and so
there is concern that
the American government can have access to your data under the patriot act
oOo. yea. That's a whole other ball of wax! Many services (eg: Dropbox,
On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Dan wrote:
the Passport does not get recognized by the G4 PowerBook at all
when plugged in to either of the USB ports.
Explain please does not get recognized. Exactly what happens or
doesn't happen.
It is not recognized at all in any utility program or in
Hi,
I hate LaCie although some of their boxes look kinda slick -
Porsche ;-)
But they are not meant to be opened by the user and when the drive
fails you have to return them in case of failure, that's a real PITA.
I managed to open one of them with a kitchen knife but the controller
died in the
It is not recognized at all in any utility program or in any way. It is like
it does not exist at all. I will take your advice and try to connect it
through a powered USB hub and see if it shows up that way. I just want to
reformat it and use it as my TimeMachine backup drive and storage
At 5:20 AM -0800 11/29/2011, Jörg Duurkoop wrote:
Aside - Jorg, please do not top post onto a
message that is already bottom posted. It
creates a convoluted spagetti-like mess, that
requires the reader to scroll back and forth
repeatedly, to regain context. Also, per the
list's
At 10:24 PM -0800 11/28/2011, David W. Morris wrote:
On Nov 28, 2011, at 9:24 PM, Dan wrote:
the Passport does not get recognized by the G4 PowerBook at all
when plugged in to either of the USB ports.
Explain please does not get recognized. Exactly what happens or
doesn't happen.
It is
On Nov 28, 7:57 am, Barry Levine barrylev...@norwoodlight.com wrote:
Maxtor HD's in my experience have
lasted pretty well also.
Except for the 120 MB IDE drive back around 1992, which barely lived
out its warranty period in about 30% of cases
But every manufacturer produces one of those
On Nov 28, 11:36 am, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
A better idea is to have several external HDs, and rotate them off
site now and then. The 'ole sock-drawer method.
The drive docking stations which are now available, make this easy:
At 9:17 AM -0800 11/29/2011, t...@io.com wrote:
A better idea is to have several external HDs, and rotate them off
site now and then. The 'ole sock-drawer method.
The drive docking stations which are now available, make this easy
If you can control the use of the drives and the way
On Nov 29, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Dan wrote:
I don't trust burned optical media much.
Me either. I had a commercial CD that I kept pristine. When it
wouldn't read correctly, I held it up to the light and could see
pinpoint holes large enough for tiny shafts of light to come through.
Using
At 12:38 PM -0600 11/29/2011, Kris Tilford wrote:
On Nov 29, 2011, at 12:23 PM, Dan wrote:
I don't trust burned optical media much.
Me either. I had a commercial CD that I kept pristine. When it
wouldn't read correctly, I held it up to the light and could see
pinpoint holes large enough for
Hi Jane
2. I also have been looking at online backup sites, in addition to a physical
back up. Carbonite looks good to me, but I am not familiar with the pros and
cons of online. I would value your opinion.
pro
- if your mac and backup become unavailable (as might happen if your house
burns
I have two 1TB hard drives that are in my main computer. One is a Hitachi,
and the other is a Western Digital. Never had any problems with either of
them. I've had them for more than a year, and the computer, including both
hard drives are have been running 24/7.
I would be a little worried about
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no one
mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be robust but a bit pricier. Just one person's
experience is limited data, but I felt the omission to be glaring.
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:35 AM, Bruce Ryan bruce.r...@mac.com
On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:06 AM, Jennings Campbell wrote:
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no one
mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be robust but a bit pricier. Just one person's
experience is limited data, but I felt the omission to be glaring.
on 11/28/11 8:10 AM, JohnCarmonne at carmo...@aol.com wrote:
LaCie doesn't make hard drives they only make the enclosure.
IIRC, LaCie external HD's originally contained Quantum HD's - back in the
day when 40MB and 80MB was alot, and SCSI was the standard! The drives we
had lasted for years past
On 2011/11/27 20:25, janespra...@comcast.net so eloquently wrote:
1. So, what brand would any of you suggest for an external drive?
If you want a ready to go solution I recommend OWC's external drive enclosures.
Personally I prefer to put my own together using enclosures that have Oxford
On 2011/11/27 20:25, janespra...@comcast.net so eloquently wrote:
1. So, what brand would any of you suggest for an external drive?
I should have mentioned that Western Digital's enterprise drives are warranted for
5 years and have a good reputation. They cost a bit more, but worth it in my
At 5:06 AM -0500 11/28/2011, Jennings Campbell wrote:
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no
one mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be robust but a bit pricier. Just one person's
experience is limited data, but I felt the omission to be glaring.
LaCie's
At 3:25 AM + 11/28/2011, janespra...@comcast.net wrote:
I was watching Black Friday ads for an external 2tb drive for back
ups. Offcie Max had a Seagate GoFlex 2tb for $75. But I was too late
to get one. Then I started researching the Seagates online for
prices. In my search, I came across
Il giorno 28-11-2011 14:57, Barry Levine ha scritto:
IIRC, LaCie external HD's originally contained Quantum HD's - back in the
day when 40MB and 80MB was alot, and SCSI was the standard! The drives we
had lasted for years past their obsolescence, with daily use. Whereas I
can't even keep
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 5:06 AM, Jennings Campbell primal...@gmail.comwrote:
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no one
mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be robust but a bit pricier. Just one person's
experience is limited data, but I felt the omission
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 5:06 AM -0500 11/28/2011, Jennings Campbell wrote:
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no one
mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be robust but a bit pricier. Just one person's
On Nov 28, 2011, at 2:19 PM, diane wrote:
That's funny because I'd swear the 1.2gb drive I had in my old Apple External
1280 hard drive WAS a LaCie in an Apple case. I may have it kicking around
here somewhere still too.
La Cie has never made drives, only enclosures. Now, they, like Apple,
At 4:19 PM -0500 11/28/2011, diane wrote:
LaCie's boxes are great. Love 'em.
But like all VARs, they use standard mechanisms. The boxes I have
contained Seagate mechanisms originally.
That's funny because I'd swear the 1.2gb drive I had in my old Apple
External 1280 hard drive WAS a LaCie
On Nov 28, 2011, at 1:19 PM, diane wrote:
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote:
At 5:06 AM -0500 11/28/2011, Jennings Campbell wrote:
I find it amazing, considering this is a Mac oriented group that no one
mentioned LaCie drives.
I have found them to be
This discussion regarding external hard drives vs online back-up sites
reminded me to ask about my Passport external hard drive. It is a
750gb 2.5 drive that I was using with my Intel MacBook without the
SmartDrive software that comes preloaded on the drive. I used it with
TimeMachine to
On Nov 28, 2011, at 7:22 PM, David W. Morris wrote:
That is when I did some research and found that Western Digital's Passport
external drives come in two flavors, one for Windows and one for MacOSX.
Does anyone here know how to get my Passport drive to be usable with my G4
PowerBook?
At 7:22 PM -0800 11/28/2011, David W. Morris wrote:
my Passport external hard drive.
(and the robot's arms start to flail whilst it yell Danger! Danger!)
That is when I found out that the Passport does not get recognized
by the G4 PowerBook at all when plugged in to either of the USB
ports.
I was watching Black Friday ads for an external 2tb drive for back ups. Offcie
Max had a Seagate GoFlex 2tb for $75. But I was too late to get one. Then I
started researching the Seagates online for prices. In my search, I came across
terrible reviews for the Seagates. I remembered that there
On Nov 27, 2011, at 7:25 PM, janespra...@comcast.net wrote:
I was watching Black Friday ads for an external 2tb drive for back ups.
Offcie Max had a Seagate GoFlex 2tb for $75. But I was too late to get one.
Then I started researching the Seagates online for prices. In my search, I
came
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