Comments on: Backing up My Mac http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/ Assistant Professor of Communication and Information Studies Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:15:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-50157 Dan Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:38:58 +0000 http://www.libbyh.com/blog/?p=264#comment-50157 ChronoSync 4 now does bootable backups as well, so no need for SuperDuper. It's well worth $40, and much better than Time Machine. Just updated to Snow Leopard and Time Machine constantly fails. Apple is aware of this problem but it is still not fixed. Can't take chances with backups of irreplaceable files like family photos, finances, etc. Now I backup wirelessly to two different USB drives connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station. One holds my bootable backups, the other holds clones of my home directory and my family's home directories. I back up an iMac, plus my MacBook - all with Chronosync. The scheduler with ChronoSync wakes my iMac up in the middle of the night, syncs the files, then puts the computer back to sleep. ChronoSync rules! Buy it! ChronoSync 4 now does bootable backups as well, so no need for SuperDuper. It’s well worth $40, and much better than Time Machine. Just updated to Snow Leopard and Time Machine constantly fails. Apple is aware of this problem but it is still not fixed. Can’t take chances with backups of irreplaceable files like family photos, finances, etc. Now I backup wirelessly to two different USB drives connected to an Airport Extreme Base Station. One holds my bootable backups, the other holds clones of my home directory and my family’s home directories. I back up an iMac, plus my MacBook – all with Chronosync. The scheduler with ChronoSync wakes my iMac up in the middle of the night, syncs the files, then puts the computer back to sleep. ChronoSync rules! Buy it!

]]> By: libbyh http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-44113 libbyh Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:55:29 +0000 http://www.libbyh.com/blog/?p=264#comment-44113 Early reports suggest Time Machine FAIL. I left my computer running only Time Machine, went downstairs to play a game of NCAA07, and came back up to find my computer frozen. I had to do a hard reboot just to get the thing to respond. Does not bode well for Time Machine. Noor, how did you get it work? Early reports suggest Time Machine FAIL. I left my computer running only Time Machine, went downstairs to play a game of NCAA07, and came back up to find my computer frozen. I had to do a hard reboot just to get the thing to respond. Does not bode well for Time Machine. Noor, how did you get it work?

]]> By: libbyh http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-44112 libbyh Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:12:35 +0000 http://www.libbyh.com/blog/?p=264#comment-44112 I can't remember exactly why I chose ChronoSync in the first place; that was a couple years ago. I know now that I prefer the advanced options in ChronoSync. It allows me to easily exclude certain files and to review the syncing that will happen before it does, both options I use regularly. ChronoSync is $30 for now, and SuperDuper! is $27.95. I think the "analyze" and "exclude" options in ChronoSync are worth the $2.05. ChronoSync's price is about to go up to $40 though, and I'm not sure if I'd pay that much. My Rocstor ROCKRAID just arrived, and I'm testing out Time Machine again. I've setup the RAID as a RAID 1 (mirror) and set Time Machine to use the primary disk as its backup location. We'll see how TM does with 1,024,856 items and 114.76 GB of stuff to deal with. I connected via FireWire. I'll report the time and performance data when available. Yeah, nerd outs! I can’t remember exactly why I chose ChronoSync in the first place; that was a couple years ago. I know now that I prefer the advanced options in ChronoSync. It allows me to easily exclude certain files and to review the syncing that will happen before it does, both options I use regularly. ChronoSync is $30 for now, and SuperDuper! is $27.95. I think the “analyze” and “exclude” options in ChronoSync are worth the $2.05. ChronoSync’s price is about to go up to $40 though, and I’m not sure if I’d pay that much.

My Rocstor ROCKRAID just arrived, and I’m testing out Time Machine again. I’ve setup the RAID as a RAID 1 (mirror) and set Time Machine to use the primary disk as its backup location. We’ll see how TM does with 1,024,856 items and 114.76 GB of stuff to deal with. I connected via FireWire. I’ll report the time and performance data when available. Yeah, nerd outs!

]]> By: Carolyn http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-44106 Carolyn Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:59:00 +0000 http://www.libbyh.com/blog/?p=264#comment-44106 Read your other post. Yep, that was my problem with Time Machine. I left the laptop alone *all day* and it only copied over 20 GB. What a waste of time! I don't get why you use ChronoSync though. SuperDuper (at least the paid version) allows you to update files...or am I missing something here? Read your other post. Yep, that was my problem with Time Machine. I left the laptop alone *all day* and it only copied over 20 GB. What a waste of time!

I don’t get why you use ChronoSync though. SuperDuper (at least the paid version) allows you to update files…or am I missing something here?

]]> By: libbyh http://www.libbyh.com/2009/01/02/backing-up-my-mac/comment-page-1/#comment-44104 libbyh Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:13:37 +0000 http://www.libbyh.com/blog/?p=264#comment-44104 Hey guys, My answer's a little long for a comment, so I made a new post: <a href="http://www.libbyh.com/blog/2009/01/04/why-not-time-machinewhy-not-time-machine/" rel="nofollow">http://www.libbyh.com/blog/2009/01/04/why-not-time-machinewhy-not-time-machine/</a> Hey guys,

My answer’s a little long for a comment, so I made a new post: http://www.libbyh.com/blog/2009/01/04/why-not-time-machinewhy-not-time-machine/

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