Backing Up MAC Data
I know that this is probably a loaded question, like asking what's the best AV solution.
But I'm interested in the "best" solution(s) for backing up data on my Mac. I'm running Snow Leopard, I have a 1 TB external disk as well as a MobileMe account with iDisk.
What I am doing currently is using the backup program that I downloaded from my Mobile Me account. I am backing up my home folder and all subfolders to the external disk and I am backing up critical data, photos, and my emails to iDisk as well.
I'd like to have a better strategy as to what I use to backup to the external disk and to iDisk on my MobileMe site. I realize that I can use Time Machine and I am not opposed to doing that.
Given that I want to back some things up to the external and also to iDisk, what really are my best options as far as efficiently backing up to these resources and for doing restores that I can get detailed on? I want to be able to restore whole folders if necessary or just a single file from either the external drive or iDisk.
But I'm interested in the "best" solution(s) for backing up data on my Mac. I'm running Snow Leopard, I have a 1 TB external disk as well as a MobileMe account with iDisk.
What I am doing currently is using the backup program that I downloaded from my Mobile Me account. I am backing up my home folder and all subfolders to the external disk and I am backing up critical data, photos, and my emails to iDisk as well.
I'd like to have a better strategy as to what I use to backup to the external disk and to iDisk on my MobileMe site. I realize that I can use Time Machine and I am not opposed to doing that.
Given that I want to back some things up to the external and also to iDisk, what really are my best options as far as efficiently backing up to these resources and for doing restores that I can get detailed on? I want to be able to restore whole folders if necessary or just a single file from either the external drive or iDisk.
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vallis Don't worry about being new at this. We all have strengths and weaknesses.
Appreciate your comments. I probably should just use TM for the external drive. But I'd still like to use the Mobile Me iDisk account since I am paying for it and as far as storing things works well. As I noted above to the other expert, backup works, but not sure that the restore will give me the granularity that I need and just dragging and dropping files will not give me the advantage of incremental backups.
Appreciate your comments. I probably should just use TM for the external drive. But I'd still like to use the Mobile Me iDisk account since I am paying for it and as far as storing things works well. As I noted above to the other expert, backup works, but not sure that the restore will give me the granularity that I need and just dragging and dropping files will not give me the advantage of incremental backups.
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vallis, thanx, I'll check out those links.
I do have an iPhone so do use the sync features of MM as well as their web page hosting and Back To My Mac.
I do have an iPhone so do use the sync features of MM as well as their web page hosting and Back To My Mac.
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Thanx to both of you. I think that I'm just going to activate Time Machine for my local save. Not sure what I'm going to do yet for the iDisk save. Backup seems to work "OK", but the links that Vallis provided discuss some interesting alternatives.
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