Backing Up MAC Data
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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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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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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The term "Backup" means the methods and processes involved to copy computer data (system data as well as application data) to media other than the ones where the data originally live (disk, tape, optical, cloud). "Restore" in turn means the methods and processes involved in data recovery, i. e., bringing back copied computer data to their original location. Backup/Restore primarily serves as a means of protection against data loss, be it due to disaster, corruption or sabotage. It can also be used for recovering data from an earlier point in time and even for cloning machines or applications. There is a wide variety of backup/restore software available, from expensive commercial products to free or open source tools.
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