DVD disks recommendations for backups

I have 25GB of photos, and need asap to back them all up. External drive is nice, but not now.
What DVD disks are recommended for this ?
Which ones have a better protection, like double, triple layers...?
Thanks!

Since my iPhoto Library is 25GB, I'll need about 6 disks. Will it work ?
Or I need Roxio's "Toast", which is quite expensive ?
Any free alternativers ?
You will need something - I use the backup program that comes with .Mac (mobile me)
Or you can export all your photos and manually break them down into single DVD folders and burn them
There are other packages that will burn multiple DVDs - but since I do not use them I can not speak to them
LN

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Hi,
at time we are learning to fly with ESX and will be moving the first Netware-Server for evaluation and tests in a few days.
At time we backup with BackupExec 9.1 right to tape, but my guess is that this will not work on ESX any longer.
As we do not only want to rely on ESX-Snapshots etc.. We still want a file-based backup-solution with tapes to be stored offsite, which also works with the also - but much later - coming OES--Migration.
What solution can you recommend?
Sincerely
Karl

Hi Anders,
to continue use of BE 9.1 would be great, but I doubt, that
I might get a virtualized BE-Media-Server to work with an
LTO2-Tape-Drive, even on ESX. The use of the
BE-Remote-Agents would help with some of the servers, but
that still leaves me at a point, where BE has to put the
data on tape. Is this something which can be done
virtualized or only with a physical machine? Or shall BE
backup to disk and those backup-files can be put to tape by
ESX? There is quite a bunch of documentation at
www.vmware.com about how bright and shiny everything will
be, but I did not get those questions answered yet.
Sincerely
Karl
>>> Anders Gustafsson<[email protected]>
25.10.2011 07:25 >>>
>[email protected],
>> At time we backup with BackupExec 9.1 right to tape, but
>my guess is that this will not work on ESX any longer.
>>
>> As we do not only want to rely on ESX-Snapshots etc.. We
>still want a file-based backup-solution with tapes to be
>stored offsite, which also works with the also - but much
>later - coming OES--Migration.
>>
>> What solution can you recommend?
>
>You should be able to use the BE 9.1 agents just fine, but
>I recently migrated a customer to
>the latest version of BE to be able to use some of the
>newfangled stuff.
>
>You might also want to check out www.sep.se, SEP Sesam
>which is an excellent product.
>
>- Anders Gustafsson (NKP)
> The Aaland Islands (N60 E20)
>
>Novell has a new enhancement request system,
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Recommendations for Backup Storage

I make a lot of "home" movies using a miniDV camcorder, downloaded to iMovie (or recently, Final Cut Express), edited, then burned to a DVD.
While I regularly backup the rest of my computer, I have not been backing up the 500GB external HD that contains all of the iMovie/Final Cut files.
Recently, I had a major crash of the 500GB HD, and lost all of the files. Fortunately, I was able to recover the DVD material by making disk images of the DVDs I had already made. I also was able to re-download from miniDV tape those projects that I had not yet edited into a DVD.
But, the whole experience has me wondering about whether there's a good way to backup my 500GB "video drive," short of buying an additional 500GB drive to act as a mirror.
Advice?
Mac Intel Mini Core Duo 1.83 MHz Mac OS X (10.4.9) iMovie 6/Final Cut Express HD

Hi Harold - when you re-import to an imovie project from the tape, you have two options, which you select in iMovie preferences:
1. Start a New Clip at Each Scene Break - this will bring in discrete clips but transitions etc will be built-in to the clips, and the titles etc will be set in stone. So if you want an editable version saved onto tape it is best to share it to camera BEFORE you have done the fine-tuning i.e. do it at the rough cut stage. This will cut out all of the unwanted footage, and save enormously on storage space when you re-import it.
2. By deselecting the 'Start a New Clip..' option, the movie will re-import as one large clip - this is fine if you no longer wish to edit it, but just want to create a DVD from it for example.

Not enough disk space for backup to upgrade to iOS5

May I know why do we have to backup again in order to update iOS5? I thought our iPhone usually backup automatically so we don't need to do so. Reason why I'm asking is because my local drive doesn't have enough disk space for my phone backup in order to install iOS5. I'm not sure if I could still get back my stuff - especially my apps, after the upgrade. Any advice please?

i was running windows 8.1 however managed to upgrade by using a 16gb jsb drive, which the upgrade used to put the old version of windows.everything working fine on windows 10. Thank you for the assistance.

Which dvd's recommended for my macbook?

i've read that some brand DVDs just don't work well with some Macs and DVD drive....
I have the lowwest end Macbook with the Double Layer Superdive (MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-867 drive).....I have tested burning a CD through iPhoto and that was successful. But I have no DVDs and I'm not sure which brand I should buy & test.
Any recs?
Thanks!

I recommend SL DVD-R (verbatim) for your laptop. It should also work well with DL plus media. However some members on apple forums have reported issues with DL media on this particular burner.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7089252
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1652279&tstart=0
Keep in mind you are on a troubleshooting forum ..... generally your burner should perform well with a wide variety of media. But if it were my laptop, I'd stay with single layer Verbatim for the most part and avoid burning back to back dvd's. Just my 2 cents.

Bacup disk: recommendations for what to buy

I want to buy an external disk to 1) create a bootable version of my hard drive, 2) do incremental backups of files, 3) store picture, movie, and music files.
I have two PowerBooks (60 gb disk; 80 gb disk) and I want to do this for both of them.
Questions,
- What's the best way to share the external disk with both machines?
- Should I buy a firewire/USB or NSA disk?
- What is a good size?
- What brands are the most reliable? (I think I want one that comes bundled with Retrospect Express)
- What features should I look for in such a disk?
- Is Retrospect the best of breed for backup s/w?
Thanks.
PowerBook G4 12-inch (x2) Mac OS X (10.4.5)

> What's the best way to share the external disk with both machines?
You can buy an external 3.5" desktop drive with a minimum capacity of 160GB and then partition it into two volumes, using Disk Utility, and then use one volume/partition for each PowerBook. Alternative, if you have the budget for it, simply buy a pair of 160GB drives.
If you wanted a an external portable 2.5" drive, then a 160GB may be quite costly compared to a 3.5" desktop version.
> Should I buy a firewire/USB or NSA disk?
Firewire. USB drives will not be bootable for your PowerBooks.
As for NAS devices, I don't like the many Windows-based third party options available because of... Windows. It causes too many problems for my liking - and you cannot use it to boot up your PBs in the event of an emergency.
> What is a good size?
For a single desktop drive, at least 160GB or as large as you can afford if you also want to do incremental backups. However I am wary of putting everything onto a single drive - if something goes wrong with the drive then you can lose everything. Personally I prefer to have multiple disks of smaller capacities.
> What brands are the most reliable? (I think I want one that comes bundled with Retrospect Express)
I used to like LaCie products but now feel their recent efforts are less reliable. So now my current preference is for G-Tech drives.
A third alternative is to source your own enclosure and drive. That way you can choose exactly the components required. Might also save a little money if you had the budget and opted for multiple drives.
> What features should I look for in such a disk?
For me reliability is king for a backup drive. Longer warranty is also a bonus. Speed is less important.
> Is Retrospect the best of breed for backup s/w?
For backup software, whilst Retrospect Express is OK, I prefer SuperDuper! but I also use Data Backup. Perhaps even Deja Vu might be an option.
In the pre-OS X days Retrospect, for me and many other people, was the standard - even though it wasn't the most intuitive or easiest to use or the quickest. Now there is so much more to choose from, and many are VERY good.
15" 1.25GHz/12" 1GHz PBs, PPC Mac minis, 12" iBooks G3/G4, Mac OS X (10.4.5) Cube, TAMs, iPods 2G/4G, iPs, AEBS, AX

Dvd software recommendations for Imac

It seems that idvd is no longer installed on the imac. I purchased a 27 inch refurbished, went to create dvd movie from Imovie, but no software to write files to dvd.
Any recommendations from app store or elsewhere? Seems Apple wants me playing in the cloud or something rather than using dvd.

Exactly so. The latest imacs don't even have a Superdrive!
There is no real substitute for iDVD if you want t make video DVDs:
Why is there no iDVD on my new Mac?
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3673
UPDATE & ADDENDUM:
But even though you can still buy iLife 11 that includes iDVD 7 from Amazon, Apple now make it difficult to install:
Poster jhb21939 posted this in another thread:
“when I attempted to load iDVD into a new iMac. A notice came up on the screen stating that the 'Authorisation Licence' had expired on 25 March this year (2012).
I contacted the Apple support team and eventually, I was told that the Licence had been withdrawn and could no longer be used.”
In other words Apple are now so adamant that we don’t use iDVD that they have tried to make it impossible to install.
In response, Old Toad posted this solution:
“You can still use it one all of your Macs. If you get an invalid certificdate message just set your Mac's clock to sometime before early 2011 and run the installer. After you're done reset the time back to the correct time.” He added this comment:
“It began after iDVD and iWeb were discontued and they were dropped from the Apple Store. All I can think of is the certificate was set to expire after a certain time period after the intitial iLife disc was released.
I've been able to use the installer even without setting back the date. I just clicked on the Continue button and it would work as expected. For some it would not continue unless the date was set back.”
The latest anorexic iMacs just announced do not even include a CD drive! Proof positive that Apple virtually prohibit the use of DVDs - although the newly announced Mac Minis do include a Superdrive.
Yet, they still include iMovie! Heaven alone knows or understands what you are supposed to do with your newly edited masterpiece - except make a low quality version for YouTube?

Choosing DVD vs CD for backup????

I have two separate drives and have a blank DVD in the DVD burner yet iTunes forces my CD drive to open which is blank.
How do I force the backup to the DVD?????????

There are two ways to do that:
1 - to backup ONLY the original files in the library export them via the File ➙ Export ➙ File Export menu option with the following selections: Format = Original, Quality=Max and Size=full to a folder on the Desktop. Then burn the folder to a CD or DVD.
Click to view full size
2 - select enough photos in iPhoto to equal about 4 GB in size and use the Share ➙ Burn menu option. That will produce a mini library on a DVD that can be read by iPhoto. The photos will include the original and edited versions and the keywords, titles and other metadata. They can be copied back to the working library by select and dragging them from the disk library to the working library.
Click to play video screenshot
OT

DVD-R recommendation for burning ISO?

Macbok Pro Mid 2009 13"
OS X 10.7.4
Superdrive:
HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N:
I was hoping someone could recommend a DVD-R brand that they've used, sucessfully, in their Macbook.
The ISO is 3+ GB.
Thanks for any and all of your recommendations!

With DL's I agree wholeheartedly that Verbatim are the best to use. Others will either refuse to burn from the get go, or fail miserably shortly at mid-burn, granting you a large collection of beer-mug coasters. Haven't been as fortunate with the SL.
And God forbid trying ANY type of burnable Blu Ray! A 5-pack of the things costs more than my BU burner handily won at an eBay auction.

Using Disk Utility for backup - target drive must be same size as source?

Hello. I have a 250 GB data drive that I need to back up to an external drive using Disk Utility (restore) so that I can create a RAID-1 set using the 250GB drive. The files take up only 100 GB on the drive.
Does the target external drive need to be 250 GB or just 100+ GB in size for the Disk Utility to work?
Thanks
David

I you want to make a non mirrored drive into a mirrored one you can do that with diskutil. Copying it first is not needed.
man diskutil:
enableRAID mirror|concat device
Convert single filesystem disk or volume into a unpaired mir-
ror RAID set or concat set. Ownership of the affected disk is
required.
repairMirror raidDisk newDisk
Repair a failed mirror. Supply the existing RAID as the raid-
Disk parameter. Supply the new disk as the last parameter of
the request. newDisk and raidDisk are only Device Nodes or
Disk Identifiers. Ownership of the affected disk is required.
The second disk in the mirror set needs to be as big or bigger as the first disk.
Do this booted from another disk or DVD.

★advice for external HD, best 500 GB/1TB HD you will recommend for backup

Using TimeMachine, I will like to backup my data on a external drive. Not happy with my LaCie 250 and 500 GB external drive, (the power supply need to be replace every years!!!) I will like to buy something reliable at a good price. What will be my best option?
Thank you,
BigBlaze
http://jeannichols.com/

Hi! OWC drives are found HERE. I've used this model drive for several years and have found it to be rock solid myself. I always want an instantly recoverable backup system so I use one of these to backup automatically. I always have a bootable backup because I don't want to spend the hours it takes to restore from time machine. Tom

Extra disk format for Windows backup

I have 4 hard drives in my MacPro 1) Mac os as main use 2) windows 7, apps and docs 3) Split a) Windows XP b) backup for Mac on disk 1... and Disk 4!
Now how do I partition, format, etc this disk 4 if I want to use it strictly for backing up Disk 2 (windows 7) BUT I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON THIS DISK?
*Bootcamp / Disk Utility has me confused*... should it be formatted NTFS? if so how do I do that without loading win7? I'm only given the option to format as FAT32. In other words I want to use Disk 4 strictly for backup.

thorpug wrote:
I have 4 hard drives in my MacPro 1) Mac os as main use 2) windows 7, apps and docs 3) Split a) Windows XP b) backup for Mac on disk 1... and Disk 4!
Now how do I partition, format, etc this disk 4 if I want to use it strictly for backing up Disk 2 (windows 7) BUT I DO NOT WANT TO INSTALL WINDOWS 7 ON THIS DISK?
*Bootcamp / Disk Utility has me confused*... should it be formatted NTFS? if so how do I do that without loading win7? I'm only given the option to format as FAT32. In other words I want to use Disk 4 strictly for backup.
If I am understanding you correctly you want to use disk 4 for backup of DATA ONLY from Windows 7 bootcamp partition?
I see the following options:
1. Format disk 4 to be FAT 32 using Disk Utility from Mac OSX. Windows 7 will be able to read and write data to it.
2. Purchase Paragon NTFS for Mac, and install it on the Mac OS. This will enable the Mac's Disk Utility to format disk 4 with NTFS, which Windows will be able to read and write to. You will also be able to write directly (i.e. move data to) the two NTFS volumes, Windows & and Disk 4, from Mac OS. Probably quite useful if you are using Windows and Mac actively for data. If you go this way be aware that the way you chose to boot from Mac to Windows is slightly different. You do it via the Paragon pref pane which is installed, not via the startup disk pref pane.
3. Purchase MacDrive 8 and install it in Windows 7. Then format disk 4 to be a regular mac HFS volume. MacDrive 8 will enable Windows 7 to read and write to all your Mac formatted disks.
4. Added in edit. Format Disk 4 to be FAT32 using Disk Utility in Mac. Then reformat it from Windows 7 Disk Management to be NTFS. This might be the best free route but not as versatile as the two paid options.
Good luck, and let us know which way you go and how it goes.
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Disk Utility Image backup - 8 hours and counting. ?

So I'm doing a backup image in Disk Utility. Started up from the install DVD 10.6 and went into D U and making an image of my Macbook's (2008) HD (250gb) and saving it to a WD usb 2.0 external drive. I'm going on 8 hours. I know it takes a while but I swear my iBook from 2002 is faster on USB 1.0 . Is this normal? I feel like I would have been better off putting it in Target Disk Mode and used another Mac to back it up instead. I want all my data after the restore so I thought the image was the best way to go. This can't be the fastest way. Would this go any faster on FireWire? I know the file transfer itself can't take 8 hours can it? I'm miffed. Any advice?
PS - Used SuperDuper a month ago and that took 7 hours.

Thomas A Reed wrote:
+_Also, why did you boot from the install disk? That is absolutely not necessary. I'd also absolutely, 100% recommend against using disk images for backup. Large disk images are too easy to corrupt, which will cause you to lose everything they contain. They're just not good enough for backups. Use [Carbon Copy Cloner|http://www.bombich.com> or SuperDuper instead...+_
I was following Apple's instructions http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1553
I had it backed up in SuperDuper and Time Machine as well. I knew I could get all of my data with an image and I've never used SD for importing data, only whole disk images.
_+You didn't say how full your hard drive is. If your drive isn't anywhere near capacity, it shouldn't be taking that long. If it is too close to capacity, that could be part of the problem.+_
Yeah, I was at 240/250gb. I didn't think about that. Thats also good to know.
The external 1TB WD USB2 drive I used was the same drive that a few months back I transferred 900+ gigs to from my W7 computer with a esata drive. (1tb WD usb2 to esata 1tb through my W7 PC). While I know the esata is super fast, that WD 1TB USB2 drive "was" fast (35 - 50 sustained speed?) and it took maybe six hours for 900+gb. Thats why I'm confused.
All in all I really don't care if it takes that long if I know that ahead of time. It's one thing to hit a button and go to sleep, but another to get it done ASAP because it's 5am and I should have been done by midnight at the latest. I need to use it all day today.
Thanks guys.
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Multiple Hard Drives: one for system & applications, one for backup

I am planning the upgrade of my hard drive setup. Presently, I have only the original 74.53 GB internal drive that came with my June 2004 G5 1.8 dual CPU. I have two goals for the upgrade. First, more hard drive space. Second, a drive for automatic backup. Since I am running OS 10.4.11 and not intending to upgrade to 10.5 at this time for application reasons, I will be using something like Carbon Copy Clone for the backup software (not Time Machine, which requires OS 10.5). My thinking, so far, is to install a 1 TB internal drive for system and another internal or external 1 TB drive for the backup. In perusing the discussions here, it looks like an external drive is always used for the backup. Is this true or would an internal drive work just as well for backup? I want the backup to be as free as possible from any corruption or problems that might arise on the system drive or other computer parts. Does the Firewire or USB connection of an external drive offer a greater amount of freedom from potential corruption as opposed to the direct SATA connection of an internal drive?
I realize that burnt DVD’s offer the greatest amount of freedom from corruption but one doesn’t burn a DVD hourly, daily, weekly or so on. Hopefully, if a problem arises my work underway is residing on the backup drive unaffected. I’m not sure how close in time this can be. I imagine this probably depends on the backup software used and how often the backup is run. I’m not yet fully aware of the options.
For the internal system drive is there any good reason to partition it? I f so, why, and in what way? Do the OS and applications need to reside on the same partition? If not (or better that they don’t), how should a 1 TB drive be partitioned?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions on the best configuration of my hard drive upgrade.

1) The backup drive is best to be external (security from computer failure).
Yes. I am not sure about the "in some ways" my esteemed colleague qualifies.
2) The external backup drive should be connected by Firewire (ability to be bootable & greater speed).
Yes. Just beware that some of the Western Digital models have presented problems. Not the drives themselves but the enclosures. [List of Western Digital bootable and non bootable models|http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9022456#9022456]
Is a Firewire connected drive any less vulnerable to damage by computer hardware failure than an internal drive?
Yes & no. The yes: I don't know about G5s (they use a different connector from the G4s and earlier with which I am familiar) but in some computers the drives will share the same controller. If the controller goes then all connected drives can be corrupted. The no: Then too, I have had two Firewire drives be corrupted. One was by trying it with a PCI card (not what you're using) that was incompatible with my model computer. The other was when the power source in the enclosure went bad.
This is almost leading me to think that 3 drives would be the best! One internal for OS system & applications (1 TB), one continually connected for auto backup (my original 74 GB), and one (a bootable clone) attached only during occasional backups (2 TB).
The more the better. I usually buy drives in size increments that make sense for my configuration. I have two 120GB internal drives so I bought a 250GB external drive for backup and partitioned it into two so I could just back up one internal to one partition and the second to the other.
I'm perplexed with both your feelings about burnt media. I was not aware of this and fortunately have not experienced problems. However, it is only recently that I gravitated from 700MB CD's to 4.7 GB DVD-RW's for backups. I've been using Maxell
There's backup and there's archiving. Backup is for having a copy of what you're actively using. Archiving is storing stuff that is unlikely to change. Optical media is lousy for backup because files are constantly changing. Backing up a 120 GB onto 4GB media either requires a super organized person or you're spending a day sticking DVDs into your computer.
Optical media is less lousy for archiving, but still not great. Where's the floppy drive on your computer? Where will the DVD drive be in 15 years? It's also a lot faster archiving onto hard drives, and the cost of drives has come down to where the per GB cost is about equivalent of less than high-quality, archival-grade DVDs. Yes, drives change too, but it is also easy to copy from drive to drive. I have items archived on drives that are over 10 years old and as long as I make sure I keep on top of being able to connect those drives to a computer they are usable.
BTW: I tried to quote your messages for this reply, went to "Help" to learn how that is done and found this: "If you want to quote specific text from the original message, click Quote Original to add all the text from the original message to the Message box." I could see no such button "Quote Original". Can anyone please tell me where it is?
There's a '"' icon in the compose window when you type a reply. If I'm doing a lot of quotes (as I did here) I use that, then edit out the bits I don't want. Otherwise I copy and paste the text and add a > before the line to get it to appear in the special format.

Best video format for converting DVD to NAS for widely sharing

Summary: The article shows you with an easy workaround for
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format on Mac and Windows
I recently purchased a NAS to store all my music/photos etc on. I
can stream stuff to my iPhone/iPad using the NAS software. What I want
to do is rip all my DVDs (over 400) to my NAS, but I’m not sure which
format to do it in, to play nice with my Apple TV2, Xbox 360, iPhone,
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software to use?
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you need to get the content off the DVD disc as a protection-free and
easily readable element for NAS. In this case, at the first place
powerful third-party software for backup DVD to NAS is what you need.
There are many, many DVD ripping tools on the market. I’ve tired a pile of them.
Brorsoft DVD Ripper
is the best one I’ve tried yet. It is capable of ripping DVD to MP4,
AVI, MKV for NAS streaming with no quality loss; it also enables you to
copy DVD main movies for backup onto NAS in .vob format. And what I’ve
learned is that MP4 would be one best target format for it is fully
compatible with nearly all media devices including iPad, iPhone, PS3,
Apple TV, etc. If you are running on Mac OS X, turn to DVD Ripper for Mac. If you haven’t got the software, download it now and let’s start the conversion.
Ripping and copying DVDs to NAS
1. Launch the DVD ripping program for NAS devices . Then
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the subtitles you like, simply click Subtitle and select the one you
prefer. P.S. Before start the conversion, you can choose to backup DVD mian movies.
2. Click Format bar and choose your desired format. To store
hundreds of DVD's on NAS, you can rip DVD to .mp4, or .avi, .mkv, etc
compressed format. And click Settings bar, you can adjust the level of
compression to suit the quality you want.
Tip: If you like, you can click “Settings” to change the
video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind
the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution
which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible
quality loss, and vice versa.
3. Press the "Convert" button to start ripping DVD for NAS streaming.
After the conversion, click Open button to find the output files.
Make sure the wireless network connection is accessible among the NAS
and Apple TV, PS3, HD TV or other media players. Then just enjoy the
high quality DVD movies anywhere anytime.
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I've always found encoding with Handbrake and choosing the Apple TV2 preset is an excellent place to start and video encoded using that preset will work on my iPhone 4, 4S and iPad 2.
If the files encoded using that preset are too big for one's taste they can always encoded at a lower average bit rate rather than using the default 'Constant Quality' of 20.
Later on I'm sure the Handbrake group will have an AppleTV '3' preset supporting the 1080p format supported by the ATV3 and iPad '3' but using such a preset would not create a file usable on the iPad 2 or the iPhones.

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