No, that sounds ideal. It would only be some files occasionally - nothing too big! Thanks for the suggestion - now I've just got to figure out how to exclude dropbox from the back up!
Thanks, Andrew On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:44 am, Jason Davies wrote: > and do you want to sync back to the iMac? ie are they working files, or > 'just' static data like movies? > > If it's under 2 gb I would use Dropbox and exclude Dropbox from the backup > process since they provide a back-up. But I suspect you want to save more. > > > > > On 22 Dec 2009, at 11:20, andrew lancaster wrote: > >> No, I want to transfer some of the data backed up from my iMac onto the >> portable drive to my laptop - so that the laptop has more function when I'm >> away from home - which I hope will become more of a regular thing! >> On 10 Dec 2009, at 6:35 pm, Jason Davies wrote: > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
