+1 for BackBlaze On Tuesday, 28 July 2020 at 15:25:02 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote:
> I would watch what it does to the battery and data on a Surface. It tends > to work quietly in the background and therefore could eat up both of out > and about. Also I believe you need a separate account per computer. A > scheduled back up (eg at 3 am) to a machine with a hard drive attached > would mean you can store both on one account (the machine with the drive). > > Cheers, > > -Jason > ---------------------------------- > Sent from my iPhone > ---------------------------------- > > On 28 Jul 2020 at 14:32:41 BST, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks all. Will investigate. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On 28 Jul 2020, at 10:53, 'C Staples' via Sussex Mac User Group < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Me too - I have been a BackBlaze user for about 5 years. I have not had > any catastrophes in that time so not had reason to call on it in a big way. > I have on occasion though needed a file that is resident on my home Mac > whilst I am away and the download process through the browser is very easy > and efficient. > > > > Chris > > > > > > > >> On 28 Jul 2020, at 10:40, 'Phil Ward' via Sussex Mac User Group < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> I can recommend BackBlaze too. I’ve been using it for year and been > very impressed. Technical support is very good too. I needed to use it in > anger once, and it all worked faultlessly. > >> > >> P > >> > >> ---- > >> Phil Ward > >> > >> Skype: aphilw > >> E: [email protected] (me.com, iCloud.com) > >> W: musicandmiscellany.com > >> > >> W: audio-icons.com > >> W: peggysdiaries.wordpress.com > >> W: soundcloud.com/philberish > >> > >> • Freelance writer and product designer. > >> • Contributor to Sound On Sound magazine. > >> > >>> On 28 Jul 2020, at 08:22, Graham Street <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > >>> I’d recommend BackBlaze as it works on all those platforms. Even if > you have TM and external HDD the backups are still onsite and therefore > vulnerable. > >>> > >>> It’s free to trial. This signup link will give you (and me) a free > month if you use it to sign up. > >>> > >>> https://secure.backblaze.com/r/008aop > >>> > >>> Sent from my iPhone > >>> > >>>> On 28 Jul 2020, at 07:42, Russell Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Morning Smuggers, back-up solution suggestions. > >>>> > >>>> About to become a “mixed economy” IT household. Mostly apple > products, all but one of which back up to iCloud. > >>>> > >>>> But my wife has a new MacBook Pro and my daughter is about to have a > new MS surface for school. Both use a variety of cloud services for file > storage of one sort or another. I am thinking more about making sure that > we also have a “disk image” for them. > >>>> > >>>> For those two, what’s the easiest/most convenient way to back them > (the devices) up? I don’t mind if cloud or on site but both need to be > automatic. > >>>> > >>>> External hdd plus time machine the obvious easy solution for MacBook > but what about the surface? Long time since I’ve had to admin a windows > product at home. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks > >>>> > >>>> Russell > >>>> > >>>> Sent from my iPhone > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an email to [email protected]. > >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/6CE0BFCF-23D8-4F71-AA31-DC8C4C29815C%40gmail.com > . > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >>> To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/98E59CAE-9FE6-4071-9AF9-41EFBFE5D80D%40streets-ahead.com > . > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > >> To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/8CA50453-ED16-4D45-B3D4-CFA2872F5C7C%40mac.com > . > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/27DB18B1-0A47-4F19-9757-867863D509BD%40mac.com > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/smug/14788339-63D8-4034-AD89-5283B94EE391%40gmail.com > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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