TM backup far away, off site?

Hi folks,
Time Machine works great, it has saved me already on a couple of occasions. But the best backup would be a backup drive far away. After all, if a house fire or flood wipes out my MacBook, it would wipe out my backup drive as well. My dad lives 200 miles away. He has broadband. He has a MacBook, too, if it matters. If I bought a 500 gb external backup hard drive and put it at my dad's place, how could I set things up for me to do backups to that drive off-site?
-- josh

steinbej wrote:
Yikes. I found the "remote" directions. Lots of code to write, endless opportunities for screwing up not only my computer but my dad's as well. I don't think that's wise.
I've made it work when I tried in the past but yes, it can be intimidating.
I don't see anything about remote backup with Super Duper. I even checked their discussion forum. Can you point me in the right direction to that functionality? Tx.
you can create a sparse disk image on the remote computer and back up to that. enter "backing up over a network" in Superduper help for details.
-- Josh

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