Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: TaliesinSoft Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: External HD Recommendation Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 08:55:53 -0600 Lines: 20 Message-ID: References: <281220130921464151%otto@bogus.address.com> <52c168bd$0$52771$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net 5VcZWJBQTD0UBJZAk3qNFgykKR/FZfLshMw8XGjqNI4pouGWX6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:SFtdU3wIkh/WieWdGwM/lLb88UA= User-Agent: Unison/2.1.10 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:54054 I guess I might be called a backup freak, but too many are the times I've heard people at the Genius Bar groaning when they are told it would cost as much as a couple grand to rescue *some* of their data from a failed but not backed up drive. In my case, call it overkill if you wish, I perform two nightly bootable clones to LaCie drives using SuperDuper!, a TimeMachine backup to a third LaCie drive, and a CrashPlan backup to the cloud which is updated at 15 minute intervals. I have, on a few instances, restored from a SuperDuper! clone, and have, also restored a prior version of a file using TimeMachine. I've yet to need to do a restore using CrashPlan. Perhaps a a bit of overkill, but the total cost is small when compared to the comfort it provides! -- James Leo Ryan - Austin, Texas