Comments on: It’s 3 AM – do you know where your data is? http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is Rachel Blum on Software, Games And The Rest Of Life Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:03:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Groby Unplugged » Blog Archive » Backing up your Mac, Round 2 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is/comment-page-1#comment-39926 Groby Unplugged » Blog Archive » Backing up your Mac, Round 2 Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:44:37 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is#comment-39926 <p>[...] promised in a previous article, I’ve been spending a bit more time researching backup options with OSX. Number One priority [...]</p> [...] promised in a previous article, I’ve been spending a bit more time researching backup options with OSX. Number One priority [...]

]]> By: TOMAS http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is/comment-page-1#comment-36919 TOMAS Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:19:42 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is#comment-36919 <p>Right now, it's sitting on an external drive that I put together with a hard drive and USB 2.0 case. Obviously, it's not enough especially since I had a previous backup hard drive that failed on me. I definitely have my eye on Mozy, and would like to have a single physical solution for both my PC and Mac — but at the moment I'm just going to settle for my single backup drive until I find another special on a Seagate FreeAgent or WD MyBook to use exclusively with my MacBook. (Not to hijack this conversation, but anyone have any recommendations for an external HD backup?)</p> <p>I shall be eagerly awaiting your future posts Mr. Blum.</p> <p>:)</p> Right now, it’s sitting on an external drive that I put together with a hard drive and USB 2.0 case. Obviously, it’s not enough especially since I had a previous backup hard drive that failed on me. I definitely have my eye on Mozy, and would like to have a single physical solution for both my PC and Mac — but at the moment I’m just going to settle for my single backup drive until I find another special on a Seagate FreeAgent or WD MyBook to use exclusively with my MacBook. (Not to hijack this conversation, but anyone have any recommendations for an external HD backup?)

I shall be eagerly awaiting your future posts Mr. Blum.

:)

]]> By: Robert Blum http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is/comment-page-1#comment-36907 Robert Blum Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:36:07 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is#comment-36907 <p>You might want to try it - a friend of mine is using Mozy, and she's uploaded around 80GB in the first backup round.</p> <p>Unless you constantly saturate their pipe anyway, they'll usually treat it as a fluke</p> You might want to try it – a friend of mine is using Mozy, and she’s uploaded around 80GB in the first backup round.

Unless you constantly saturate their pipe anyway, they’ll usually treat it as a fluke

]]> By: pauldwaite http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is/comment-page-1#comment-36778 pauldwaite Sun, 21 Oct 2007 20:22:37 +0000 http://www.robertblum.com/articles/2007/10/21/its-3-am-do-you-know-where-your-data-is#comment-36778 <p>Like you, I’ve got a clone of my machine sitting on my desk. I’d love to have another off-site clone, but I can’t see how to practicably create it. We’re probably talking 70 GB. I don’t think my ISP would like me if I tried to upload that all at once.</p> Like you, I’ve got a clone of my machine sitting on my desk. I’d love to have another off-site clone, but I can’t see how to practicably create it. We’re probably talking 70 GB. I don’t think my ISP would like me if I tried to upload that all at once.

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