Rosemary Horton wrote:
What's the best method/ hardware/ software for easy backups.
Hi Rosemary
For an easy backup you could use gmail or similar for low security (or
other) stuff like address books and bookmarks etc.
For comprehensive protection though I prefer mirroring or duplicating
the whole drive or partition using one of the many methods recommended
on this list, such as silverkeeper suggested recently by James.
Firewire or USB2 drives are great accessories given their bang-for-buck.
Using more than one disk one in combination with a floor/wall safe or
off-site storage can help protect against theft and destruction.
Not an 'easy' option though.
I personally do none of this. Too slack ;-)
I just burn personal folders etc onto disk periodically, even
occasionally ;-) I then use CDFinder to catalogue them. There are other
software like this too.
http://www.cdfinder.de/
Of all the system stuff I've backed up over the years I have hardly ever
restored any out of it (with the possible exception of my trusty old OS
9 System Folder).
Preference files sometimes, but increasingly less so.
It's a kind of fresh start which has been positive for me more than once.
I like fresh installs of OS X anyway ;-)
HTH
Paul
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