Redundancy: Not Just A River In Egypt
Years worth of photos. Thousands of mp3s. Gigabytes of e-mail, some actually worth keeping.
I am terrified of what it would mean if Susie (my Apple iBook) were to ever go down hard and take it all with her. I’ve got a firewire drive I’m backing things up to, “when I remember” (ie: not often enough). I’ve been researching hooking up a cheap file server to my router, hopefully if I can get that done in the near future one of these apps will help keep me a bit more secure.
How To: Backup your Mac
The MacZealots weblog runs down several ways to back up data on your Mac. Gina’s been down this road before, however MacZealots reviews a plethora of alternatives including: SuperDuper, Synk Backup, Apple Backup, iBackup, CrashPlan, and Leopard’s built-in Time Machine. Their conclusion?
Like most pieces of software, there isn’t a single solution that is a perfect fit for everyone. Each backup solution I look at in this article has a unique feature set to help it stand out from the competition.
The reigning Lifehacker champ is SuperDuper. What kind of experience have you had with the other apps mentioned? Let us know in the comments.
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