Thanks, Neil. Even though I do not have an alternative site, well maybe I do?, I might nip in to OfficeWorks tomorrow, that is a price not to go past for an extra drive on the shelf, as if I needed any more. An offsite Time Machine would be ideal. I am sure you are snug and warm inside, it is very cold and windy and wet outside here on Mount Clarence right now! Cheers Severin On 27/06/2012, at 4:30 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
> Hi Severin, > > If you have an alternative site to store it, you can also go with the > rotating disk approach - disk 1 at home, disk 2 offsite - and rotate them on > a weekly (or other) basis. > > Officeworks Albany are doing a really good deal on the 500GB WD MyPassport > Studio (FW800 & USB2.0) - I bought one the other week for $89 (along with an > Airport Extreme for $45 and an Airport Express for $37.50!) but it's even > better now: > > I saw online somewhere that they had dropped the price on the Studio drive > to $67 - but that they were mostly sold out. I checked their clearance > section online - which confirmed the $67 price but said sold out: > <http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Data-Storage/Pocke > t-Hard-Drives/WDBE0500SL> > > However, I remembered that there had been a few units at Albany and went in > on Monday to check - they still had a few and so I got another couple to do > just what you are talking about (keep one off-site and rotate between them) > they still had the $89 clearance sign up - but they scanned at $67 ;o)). > > As of Monday they still had 3 or 4 units left (after my purchase) so you may > be lucky. (The Airport Extremes and Aiport Expresses seem to have gone > though). > > Note that this drive has just been superseded by this one: > <http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Data-Storage/Pocke > t-Hard-Drives/WDAL500BK> > > The new model has the advantage of 2 FW800 ports - rather than the single > FW800 port of the clearance model - however, they want $179 for that - > whereas you could get 2 of the clearance model for $134 ;o) > > > Just a thought ;o) > > > Cheers > > > Neil > -- > Neil R. Houghton > Albany, Western Australia > Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 > Email: [email protected] > > > > on 27/6/12 3:47 PM, Severin Crisp at [email protected] wrote: > >> I have a significant amount of material (up to 200GB) that I would like to >> back up securely offsite. iCloud looks pricey! Are there cheaper >> alternatives - I am looking at weekly backup updates or similar. >> Severin Crisp >> >> ________________________________________________________ >> Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP >> 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. >> Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) >> email mailto:[email protected] >> ________________________________________________________ >> > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> ________________________________________________________ Assoc Professor R Severin Crisp, FIP, CPhys, FAIP 15 Thomas St, Mount Clarence, Albany, 6330, Western Australia. Phone (08) 9842 1950 (Int'l +61 8 9842 1950) email mailto:[email protected] ________________________________________________________ -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
