Backup method for mac
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Either Carbon Copy Cloner or Superduper
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SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner are the two most popular for doing full backups.
If you want proper generational backups i.e. be able to restore a file from a certain date then you will need to hunt about a bit. .mac comes with a backup utility but obviously you need to be a subscriber, a quick google should show you what is available.
If you want proper generational backups i.e. be able to restore a file from a certain date then you will need to hunt about a bit. .mac comes with a backup utility but obviously you need to be a subscriber, a quick google should show you what is available.
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SuperDuper! for sure I had a long talk with the developer when some thing went wrong, we both agreed it was my fault, however since then its been perfect and wonderful, the testament to its brilliance is the fact there are very few updates for the application because its rock solid. I Mac OS X wake the computer up 2/3 minutes before the backup happens and have superduper put it back to sleep when its done, it performs a system disk repair then makes the backup match the current system editing changed stuff only. The backup is bootable and obviously easy to access for restoration.
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I'm waiting for Leopard and Time Machine 
Well as Fillado pointed out - Time Machine is just round the corner, however if you must back up now - CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) that has been pointed out a fair few times is the steadfast solution that most people seem to use.
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
I even got the link for you, I'm that damn nice!
Rich
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
I even got the link for you, I'm that damn nice!
Rich
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I will probably use both as Time Machine doesnt make a bootable backup of they system.
Thanks for the replies...what about iMac? I'm a bit confused by iMac, iLife but at least I know what iWork is!
iLife comes with iPhoto (well, newer version) which we already have on mac?
There is Disk Utility to make a image backup...
Anyway, SuperDuper looks good, will try it out.
iLife comes with iPhoto (well, newer version) which we already have on mac?
There is Disk Utility to make a image backup...
Anyway, SuperDuper looks good, will try it out.
Soldato
What do you mean what about iMac?
iMac = Computer
iLife & iWork = Software
iPhoto is part of iLife you get iLife free with your Mac but if you have the old one you have to buy the new one if you want the new one its not a free upgrade.
Yeah it is. Its also cheap
iMac = Computer
iLife & iWork = Software
iPhoto is part of iLife you get iLife free with your Mac but if you have the old one you have to buy the new one if you want the new one its not a free upgrade.
Yeah it is. Its also cheap
Sorry, I mean .mac!
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.Mac is like email and web hosting but with a mac spin there is 10GB of hosting shared for email, web, backup, and preference syncing. Theres also a new feature in Leopard for making your computers share their ip's over the internet to make it possible to connect to a mac over the internet just like it was on your local network.
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SuperDuper every week.
Mozy automagically everyday (free internet based backup for critical subset of files).
Mozy automagically everyday (free internet based backup for critical subset of files).
Soldato
Perhapse a Mod could do a little poll for us some thing like...
SuperDuper!
Carbon Copy Cloner
Disk Utility
Backup 3
Retrospect
Manual Copy and Paste
Other
SuperDuper!
Carbon Copy Cloner
Disk Utility
Backup 3
Retrospect
Manual Copy and Paste
Other
Soldato
On a similar note is there anything like SyncToy for OS X?
I want to have my two seperate iTunes libraries kept up to date each other.
I want to have my two seperate iTunes libraries kept up to date each other.
Soldato
Mac and Windows iTunes Libraries arent cross compatible are the?
I assume you want to keep your pc and mac synced.
I assume you want to keep your pc and mac synced.
Soldato
Nope - two Macs. Just don't want to share the library.
Soldato
You could do this with SuperDuper, Make it clone the music folder over the network to another computer.
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Another vote for SuperDuper.
You can even make the clone bootable - I sometimes run OS X from my external drive via Firewire.
You can even make the clone bootable - I sometimes run OS X from my external drive via Firewire.
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A bootable backup is a must, I didn't mention it as I assumed this is what people were doing.
A backup is not fire and forget. I run my backup firewire drive as the boot drive after the backup to check it was successful!
Nothing worse than needing a backup only to find it doesn't work /isn't complete.
A backup is not fire and forget. I run my backup firewire drive as the boot drive after the backup to check it was successful!
Nothing worse than needing a backup only to find it doesn't work /isn't complete.