Backing up - advice greatly received.
Advice needed on adequate but not overkill in terms of backing up my data.
Machine came with Leopard, I upgraded to SL and have both sets of original discs. I maintain Time Machine backups, however the external drive for TM is getting full so I'm losing the oldest backups, but I don't believe that's a problem,
Any recommendations would be welcome in terms of taking precautions against losing data and ease of starting from scratch if forced to? Assuming worst case scenario and a new machine is required, it would come with latest OSX Lion, would this present any issues in terms of retreivung data from my SL TM backups?
Thanks.
My advise is to maintain two separate backups: 1. Time Machine, as you're now doing, and 2. Clone your drive, on a regular basis, to a separate bootable external drive. You can use Carbon Copy Cloner(free) or SuperDuper for this. That way, you can be back up & running very quickly if something were to happen to your internal drive.
If you get a new machine, with Lion, you won't have any issues transfering your data from your Time Machine backups.
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linda mariefromharper woods wrote:
My time capsule is full and when I attempt to back up, I only receive a preparing back up message and the earliest and most recent back up dates remain the same. Why are the oldest backups not being deleted to make room for the newest backups?
It may be in the process of making room. What version of OSX are you on? (That process can be excruciatingly slow on Leopard or Snow Leopard backups over a network; Lion has improved it greatly.)
A clue may be lurking in your logs. Use the widget in #A1 of Time Machine - Troubleshooting to display the backup messages from your logs. That should help you figure out what's going on. If in doubt, copy and post them here (but if the same ones repeat over and over, drop most of the duplicates).
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http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT4946
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Hi,
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if you are calling a webserive from XI and the websevice call results in a soap exception, as of SP13 i am sure there is no way to capture this exception.
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CALL FUNCTION 'XYZ'
EXPORTING
IMPORTING
EXCEPTIONS
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LaCie 2TB USB 3.0 Porsche Design P'9233 Desktop Hard Drive
Sophisticated desktop storage built for speed.
The LaCie Porsche Design P'9233 is more than just a place to store data – it’s a collaboration between some of the most renowned designers in the world and digital storage experts LaCie. Speed, design and technology are combined to create a external desktop hard drive that’s built for performance.
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(By the way, don't know what the USBs 3.0 or 2.0 means. Is one a Firewire?)
My intent would be to use this as a back-up for just music and photo files. Don't want it backing up everything on my computer. Time Capsule does that.
Reiews are very good and the price is right.
Is this what I need?
Thoughts, suggestions, advice very much appreciated.
(Also posting this in GarageBand)Yes, this drive will be fine for backup purposes.
USB 3 is faster than USB 2 ... but unless your Mac has USB 3 you won't see any benefit from having a USB 3 hard drive. (btw, USB is not FireWire)
I would recommend these drives. (Apple stores normally carry them. You will need to check Apple for prices. They are also available many other places including B&H PhotoVideo and Newegg - both are reputable online dealers).
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We just built the playroom and I wired for 5.1 and even ran the HDMI cable behind the wall to connect a receiver to the TV. This is for the kids room, may upgrade sometime, but they are 8 and 10, so sound purity and quality is not a big issue. Simplicity, simple operation and ability to have a single HDMI connection from receiver to TV is most important. Have simple Insignia speakers with powered subwoofer, now want to pick least expensive receiver for this room. Would also consider returning speakers if there is a home theater system that accepts both HDMI and analog input and does the job. Thanks!
Yes, I had considered running an etherent cable to the bedroom, but my wife doesn't like the idea of seeing the cable snaking through hallways.
In the bedroom, I have connected the imac, mac mini and the AEBS with etherent cable. It's just my connection to the internet that does not have the benefit of ethernet, although the speed I get from my cable internet is much slower than the wifi connection.
I would eventually like to move the cable modem upstairs and use the AEBS as the primary base station and the AX downstairs to extend my wireless network. However, there is an issue in that the cable modem has to be the only device on the cable connection and I am currently using the cable connection to carry my DISH Network signal and basic cable signal to the bedroom.
I guess my question really boils down to this...Would an AE in place of the AX give a stronger signal to the 2nd AE in the bedroom. I will turn off the AE tonight and see what kind of a signal I get from the AX downstairs. I haven't tried it, but I suppose I could also move the Airport Extreme (5th Gen) downstairs and hook it directly to the cable modem and not even use the AX because the signal from the new AE should be as good or better than last year's AX - but then I would lose the gigabit ethernet between those devices - which is why I haven't done that yet.
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Hi All,
I've never really got into 'backing up' my computer before... dangerous I know, but I've always taken my chances.
However, more and more my computer is becoming 'Mission Critical'... it's no longer a risk I can bear.
Maybe someone could point me in the right direction re: the best back-up solution for my system.
I have a Mac Pro which I use a 'dual boot' system. One for OS X and the other for Vista (via Boot Camp). Both systems need to be backed up...
I have two internal drives... a 150GB Raptor boot drive... a 750GB drive for storage.
Questions,
1. Could I/Should I use the 750GB internal storage drive as a backup drive...??
2. Can I use one drive to back up both OSX and Vista...? If so, I guess I'd have to partition the drive and format each partition seperately...?
3. Could I/Should I consider using 'Time Capsule' for this purpose or should I consider another option.
Help appreciate.
Yours Confused.All I can express an opinion on is question 1 and 3:
1. Could I/Should I use the 750GB internal storage drive as a backup drive...??
Though it would work, I wouldn't suggest if as your sole backup. Should something happen to the system as a whole - failure of the logic board, or instance, or theft, fire or other damage - you'd lose all access to your data. You should have some sort of removable medium - external hard drive, DVDs, tape, etc. - that you take off site after you make a backup. Otherwise you're at serious risk. I would recommend doing multiple backups, actually; one perhaps to an internal drive (which would allow you quick access should you lose a document or have a drive fail) and one to a removable that you take off site, and do both backups regularly. And the off-site backups should preferable be rotated so that you are backing up to two or three different devices/media sets, switching daily (or at whatever frequency makes sense for the amount of new and changed data you create) so that you always have a reasonably current set off site every day.
3. Could I/Should I consider using 'Time Capsule' for this purpose or should I consider another option.
Other people who've actually used TC may chime in, but I would not consider any wireless storage to be suitable as the sole backup for mission critical data. I've seen too many issues with wireless being erratic to consider it reliable. A TC would be acceptable, perhaps, for "near line" storage if you need to share a backup device among more than one computer, but you should still back up to a medium that you can take off site.
Regards.
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