iDisk vs. XXX?

MuGeN

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As you may have seen in other posts, i have started using iDisk as a backup medium (I work directly from the offline iDisk and let it do its syncing/backup in the background)

this sounds good, but I have 2 issues:

• outrageously slow
• some inconsistencies (spent a bit of time moving the files about, and it seems to have kindof merged some of the old folder layout with the new - had it backed up in another local folder so not a big deal but the fact that this even happened has lost iDisk a few trust points...)

So, was wondering about other options? - is Dropbox a viable alernative (in its 50GB guise) for solid backup? or are there more focused applications maybe?
 
www.mozy.com

The latest Mac version is buggy, I had to downgrade for it to work properly. But I had a chat with their support and they seem to be working on a fix that is due out soon.

Other than that I've been using it for a year now with no problems.
 
I'll take a look at Transmit (in fact i recently installed a demo version just to have a play) - in terms of using as an FTP i think Forklift on the whole is a fair bit better (especially since 1.6 came out) but if there is an advantage relating to iDisk interaction maybe i'd consider using both...
 
JungleDisk is extremely solid. Nicely configurable as well (Manual backup, multiple scheduled backups, encryption, file versioning, ..)

They have Mac, Windows and Linux clients. I really like it - my computers could go up in flames any day and I'll lose no data :)
 
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EVH said:
Actually going to trial it again. If it's rubbish I'm calling my mammy :p

http://www.binarynights.com/
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good on ya :)

for a very minimalistic, but still very usable interface try these options:

• turn off the toolbar (use shortcuts)
• turn off the sidebar and use ESC for a popup version (EDIT: or the tiny arrow at the top left of each pane)
• turn on "show tab bar" - very useful
• go to "show view options" and pop it down to 11pt - much nicer :)

then get used to the clone panel, flip panel shortcuts and you're good to go ;) - i dont actually use finder anymore...
 
wush said:
JungleDisk is extremely solid. Nicely configurable as well (Manual backup, multiple scheduled backups, encryption, file versioning, ..)

They have Mac, Windows and Linux clients. I really like it - my computers could go up in flames any day and I'll lose no data :)
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quick question about this... i've had a read, and it seems pretty decent, but i'm a bit confused about its auto-backup facilities, can it do it all out of the box cuz it mentions you can use third party sync apps such as rsync?
 
Tried Forklift.. didn't really appeal to me.

Too cluttered, and not sure on the practical use of the giant finder panes :(
 
Fair enough matey each unto their own...

so, tried this Amazon S3 thing (also downloaded a trial of JungleDisk to latch onto it, but tbh it didn't feel like a very polished app) - and am trying to give it a go via Forklift...

now this issue i have is with the S3 buckets not forklift, but how finnicky is the naming system? whenever i try to create a bucket, it says "Server response: The specified bucket is not valid."

the only way i got it to create anything was when i got frustrated and typed a great big stream of random letters as the name :confused:

whats the deal with it? no spaces alowed maybe (despite the example showing "my bucket")?
 
its a shame really, a lot of us have mobileme hence have this idisk feature but just dont use it due to it being that poor...

how can apple have it so wrong? maybe they should use amazon s3 storage like dropbox do...
 
MuGeN said:
Fair enough matey each unto their own...

so, tried this Amazon S3 thing (also downloaded a trial of JungleDisk to latch onto it, but tbh it didn't feel like a very polished app) - and am trying to give it a go via Forklift...

now this issue i have is with the S3 buckets not forklift, but how finnicky is the naming system? whenever i try to create a bucket, it says "Server response: The specified bucket is not valid."

the only way i got it to create anything was when i got frustrated and typed a great big stream of random letters as the name :confused:

whats the deal with it? no spaces alowed maybe (despite the example showing "my bucket")?
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With Amazon, all bucket names have to be unique across the system (not just your account).

So try adding your initials or something to the name, as most simple names will be taken.

When you create a bucket you should also get the option to choose the US or Europe as the location. This affects speed and pricing. Transmit will ask you, Cyberduck won't.

Jungledisk is working well for me, on both leopard and windows. I have set the folders to backup, and just hit backup manually when I want things backed up. It mentions Rsync because you can use that, or another backup system if you wish. You can set jungledisk to mount an S3 bucket as a normal drive, so rsync / third party apps can use that and not have to be compatible with S3.

I hope that helps. I am trying S3 as I was unimpressed with Mozy (transfer speeds, poor application, limited flexibilty and unknown security). S3 is working well so far.
 
Just to give you a heads up MuGen.. iDisk syncing is fixed in 10.5.6

Areas of Change

  • - Resolved issue with Automatic bookmark syncing and dotmacsyncclient
  • - Fixed issue with Sync Services and slow sync prompt
  • - Fixed issue with DVI and display detection
  • - Issue with Superdrive and eject sound resolved
  • - Fixed issue with MobileMe pref pane and periodic syncing
  • - Fixed issue with printing a PDF file from Mail.app
  • - Resolved issue with LaunchServices and downloading playlists
  • - Resolved problem with Sync Services and calendar syncing
  • Issues fixed in previous seeds:
  • - Resolved issue with FileSync and FileSyncAgent
  • - Fixed issue with syslog and duplicate message suppression
  • - Fixed multitouch issue with Finder
  • - Resolved issue with USB disconnect warning dialog
  • - Fixed issue with notified syncs and dotmacsyncclient
  • - Fixed issue with System Preferences and MobileMe sync tab
  • - Issue with KeychainAccess and prompting of passwords resolved
  • - AFP Server no longer caches FPGetSessionToken
  • - AFP Server now turns off replay cache for non replay clients
  • - AFP Client now advertises that it supports Replay cache
  • - Bluetooth and USB in closed lid mode compatibility fix
  • - FileSyncAgent syncing fix
  • - HTTP basic authentication with long URL containing username/password fix
  • - iCalExternalSync - you can now change the record identifier to RootNode
  • - Misc localization fixes
  • - Buenos Aires (Argentina) Local Time One Hour time change fix
  • - Fixed issue with CFNetwork and Content-Disposition file names
  • - Addressed issue with CoreTypes and certain zip file contents
  • - Fixed problem with USB OTG Disks and Mass Storage
  • - Fixed issue with Parental Controls and idle sleep
  • - Fixed issue with Parental Controls and curfew login
  • - Fixed issue with iDisk Syncing
  • - Fixed Calculator issue with Swiss German
  • - Fixed network server file copying issue
  • - Addressed issue with AudioQueue and CoreAudio
  • - Fix to Network Authorization UI
  • - Fixed issue with AirPort Drivers and “off” setting
  • - Issue with decoding GIF images and CoreGraphics resolved
  • - Fixed issue with Mail and authentication of inactive accounts
  • - Resolved issue with iCal Search and text search
  • - Fixed issue with iCal Alarms not firing in certain situations
  • - Problem with Quick Look and CoreGraphics resolved
  • - Issue with iChat setup assistant fixed
  • - Fixed issue with firewall configs being reset after upgrading
  • - Resolved issues with CFURLCookies
  • - Address books syncing fixes
  • - AFP server login fixes
  • - Graphic drivers performance fixes
  • - New iCal Events and AppleScript applet fix
  • - Safari and cookies compatibility fixes
  • - Core Audio and AU component version mismatch fix
  • - Multiple instances of MatrixReverb in separate threads fix
  • - Core Audio compressor threshold fix
  • - Switching default audio device’s output stream is now immediate
  • - More channels for Core Audio 3D mixer
  • - Programmatically created (public) aggregate device now plays correctly
  • - Audio Channel Layouts and Unique ID fix
  • - Changing the composition of an aggregate device audio dropout fix
  • - kAudioSubDevicePropertyDriftCompensation property can now be set on an aggregate device
  • - Renaming aggregate devices now propagate device name changes to all applications
  • - AudioFileOpenURL memory management fix
  • - CoreAudio AudioFileWritePackets file creation fix
  • - audioqueue compatibility fixes
  • - audio file stream compatibility fixes
  • - ExtAudioFileCreateNew memory management fix
  • - ADTS files now supports kAudioFilePropertyPacketSizeUpperBound
  • - Core Audio performance fixes
  • - CGDisplayBaseAddress and 64bit binaries compatibility fix
  • - Command-H and applications hiding fix
  • - FSCatalogSearch() on 64 bit binary app now returns correct results
  • - iCalExternalSync floating events and stability fixes
  • - iCal can now identify VTIMEZONE with a simple offset and no transition dates
  • - Setting iChat setting to “invisible” via AppleScript now keeps you logged in
  • - Embed ColorSync Profile” in Image Capture no longer leaves invisible file behind
  • - Image Capture Architecture performance fixes
  • - Show(Hide)Window() without Window menu memory management fixes
  • - Linked binary with NFS shares fix
  • - Keychain Access: Change Password now works for smart cards
  • - AppleScript/Keychain Scripting now saves passwords as UTF-8
  • - pthread operation support fixes
  • - Access times on FAT32 formatted USB external drive performance fix
  • - Fixed issue with large file (4gb+) writes to LINUX nfs server when initiated from finder
  • - NFS export and hostname resolution at startup fix
  • - copying from a framebuffer object to a texture via glCopyTexSubImage2D fix
  • - GL_ARB_occlusion_query now works with multiple in-flight queries
  • - Dealloc method of Cocoa PDE is now called when Print dialog is closed
  • - Two-Sided Checkbox now follows PPD UIConstraints
  • - Carbon Printing sheets and window flickering issue fix
  • - ‘Collated’ can now be set as default in print dialog
  • - Print sheet now honors first page/last page settings
  • - PDFView now works with undoManager when its document is set
  • - Paper sizes and some PPDs compatibility fixes
  • - AERecord-to-NSDictionary translation now handles ‘usrf’ fields.
  • - Support for serial smart card readers in pcscd
  • - SyncServer performance fix
  • - AppKit recognition of xml-format webarchives
  • - Latest time zone changes for Brazil, Europe, Argentina, etc
  • - Uploading of files to more than one webDAV volume at the same time fix
  • - X11 application gnubg segmentation fix
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so with these new sync issues sorted, would you consider iDisk a reliable way of working... at the mo i'm still using the local idisk and manual syncing every night, but i'm not sure if i should be working like this...

as a side note, i synced, then deleted something, then resynced and instead of taking the last action as the master, it re-downloaded the things i had deleted :confused:

must say, would be a great tool if it just worked right and at the right speed :(
 
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