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Trying to connect my new computer to Time machine and it is reading this.....The version of the server you are trying to connect to is not supported.
How can connect?

This is what it says.

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  • HT1338 trying to update from 10.6.8 to Lion. Refuses to load because HD used for Time Machine updates. Anyone know how I solve this? Chris

    trying to update from 10.6.8 to Lion. Refuses to load because HD used for Time Machine updates. Anyone know how I solve this? Chris

    What do you mean you're in the process of "downloading the installer for 10.7.3"? If you mean the software update combo, you won't be able to use that to go from 10.7.4 to 10.7.3. The only way you could do that is to reinstall the whole OS from the App Store IF that version is 10.7.3. I don't know if the App store Lion installer includes 10.7.4 already, but if it does, you can't get to 10.7.3 at all.
    As for what you do about your slow machine, there are tips all over the internet. I wrote up some of the basic one's to try here:
    http://applehelpwriter.com/2011/12/05/why-is-my-mac-running-so-slow/
    Other possibilities not mentioned there are either a corrupt install of Lion (solution; re-install from the Recovery disk) or hardware failure (old hard disks and other hardware components can sometimes give out there last after the strain of a new install).
    (ToU Disclaimer: my link contains links to other pages which advertise my services as a technical writer).

  • After install of SSD, unable to update Mavericks OS as system believes disk is used for Time Machine

    Hi There,
    Hopefully someone can help with this.
    Yesterday I decided to replace the HDD on my macbook pro with a Crucial M500 SSD (240GB).
    I connected via USB, and used the 'Restore' facility in the Disk Utility program to do this. Worth noting that I had to shrink teh partition on the original hard drive as the SSD is smaller than this.
    All went well - I swapped the drives out this morning and teh machine booted up without any problems.
    I then downloaded OS X Mavericks.
    When I went to install, at teh point that teh system asks where I wanted to install to (i.e. the drive) it would not allow me to install to the SSD.
    The error was:
    This machine is used for Time Machine backups.
    I haven't used time machine at all for some months due to a lack of external storage, so this makes no sense to me.
    I then ran repair disk and repair disk permissions incase this was the problem.
    Still no joy.
    HAs anyone else had this problem at all?

    Hi There.
    Time machine is already off, but then I found this:http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2986?
    This fixed teh issue!
    Thanks anyway
    J

  • Can I use the same external hd for time machine and storage without partitioning it?

    Hello,
    I have been using an external hard drive for my Time Machine that was only used for this purpose.
    I downloaded some files in it that I want to use, and I haven't backed up using Time Machine since.
    Can I download the files on my MacBook from the HD without running into any problems, or is there anything else I should do?
    I prefer not to partition the hd, since I will be deleting these files, or transferring them to a different HD, and using this HD only for Time Machine back ups, as I did previously.
    ** I am not sure if this changes anything, but I just updated from Snow Leopard to Lion.
    Thank you so much

    carolsm wrote:
    Thanks Kappy, I will do that.
    I just really needed these files and had no other hard drive to store them.
    Do you think that it will be okay just this one time if I download the files on my MacBook without compromising my backups?
    I will transfer them to a new hard drive, and erase them from my Time Machine external  hard drive.
    For the time being it will be fine. There is always a chance of a disc crashing and therefore not advisable practice. Some here run seperate drives with Time Machine, Cloned backup and file backup. I have a portable drive I keep Time Machine backups and file backups on. I am running that at my own risk, but no problems over the last couple of years. Just make sure I get it to my normal TM Backup disk as soon as I get home. Backing up those other files will not compromise your Time Machine backups as you asked.
    Cheers
    Pete

  • Use a DMG for Time Machine Disk?

    Hello everyone,
    After extensive googling, it seems at first that Time Machine will not allow you to use a mounted disk image for a backup drive. I was wondering if there was a way to rig it up so that it would work, somehow disguising the mounted image as a hard drive.
    My situation is as follows: I have an external FireLite Smartdisk hard drive for Time Machine backups. And yet, the drive is plenty big, while my computer's hard drive is fairly small. I want to have the backups not take up the whole drive, as they have. I attempted to partition the drive via Disk Utility, but it gave me the following error:
    Partition failed with the error:
    Filesystem resize support required, such as HFS+ with Journaling enabled.
    I tried it with all file systems, including free space. I finally decided to try a sparse bundle disk image, with a size of 100 gb. I mounted it, went into Time Machine prefs, and it did not appear on the list of available disks.
    Does anyone have any ideas?

    I'd quit trying to outsmart the backup system (Time Machine is picky already) and focus on the hardware. I don't have one of those drives, but I'd be looking at why you can't repartition or format the drive. Firmware? Using a hub? Does it have a USB port you can try?
    Many hard drives like the MyBook series have had problems with FW on Leopard and there are firmware updates for them. The USB ports worked fine.

  • I just purchased Time Capsule today.  I ONLY want to use it as an external drive.  I do not need it for Time Machine. I can see the TC in my finder, but when I click on a file or video to drag and drop, I get message that TC can't be modified. Help please

    I just purchased Time Capsule today.  I ONLY want to use it as an external drive.  I do not need it for Time Machine. I need to free up room on my computer. As of now, I can't even load updates. I can see the TC in my finder, but when I click on a file or video to drag and drop, I get message that TC can't be modified. Help please!

    I agree with Kappy.. passing files and especially via wireless is slow as slow.
    Just need to be sure your TC is the new AC model??
    And the OS on the computer is Lion?
    Have you completed the setup of the TC via the utility? You do still need to get internet via the TC so it has to be plugged into the main router..
    Give us the full picture of the network.
    Then we can help you get into it.. whether you should put your files on it is another question.

  • 10.5.8 - Horrible update problems, Time Machine failures

    I've just had the singular worst experience involving a Mac that I've ever had. I don't think anyone can actually fix what is wrong with my computer anymore, but I feel the need to describe my experience. Perhaps someone out there can tell me what went wrong, where, so at the very least this isn't repeated.
    I came into work this morning, unlocked the screen of my Mac Pro, and the software update bouncing icon was letting me know that I still hadn't installed the 10.5.8 update. I figured, okay, fine, while I make some coffee let's do the update. Software Update does its thing, restarts my computer, and, boom, I'm back at a login screen.
    I log in to the computer, and I have the default Leopard background. Not only that, but I notice that my dock icons are the default Leopard icons. Now I'm nervous, so I check out the finder. Yep, nothing in my home directory. I do, however, see a sparse bundle. I double-click on the sparse bundle, enter my user password, and voila; there is everything that should have been in my home directory.
    I figure this has to be some kind of reasonably simple problem with recognizing a File Vault home directory. I then proceed to do what many Mac users have to do with every single OS update; go download the combo update and pray. After downloading the 800 MB combo update, I install it, reboot, and find that I still have the same problem. On advice that I found on the Internet, I try rebooting in Safe Mode, reinstalling the combo update, and logging in again. Still no dice.
    This is where things get really fun. I think to myself; this is horrible, but I have Time Machine! I can just restore the machine to before I installed the update. After poking around, I find my Leopard install disc, order the machine to reboot with the disc as a startup volume, and away I go. Here's where I made my first mistake (that I'm aware of!). I went to the system restore utility, and it informed me that it would wipe the hard drive.
    At this point, alarm bells should have been going off. After all, it was clear that nothing was working the way it should. Unfortunately, I had utter faith in Time Machine; I mean, what's the point of a backup utility that you can't trust, right? So I say, hey, sure, go blow away my hard drive. At this point, I go to have lunch while it does its magic (because, yes, trying unsuccessfully to fix the problem took my entire morning away from me).
    When I come back, I'm thinking to myself, "maybe I should have backed that sparse bundle up to a spare drive just in case . . .". Sure enough, I restart, and just like before, I have an empty home folder. The only difference is that, this time, there is no sparse bundle. There is no record on Time Machine of any backups of my home directory. Not only that, but even though I restored to one hour before the 10.5.8 update, the files on my machine are no longer the correct versions.
    I work on my development files out a subdirectory of /opt (don't ask). I go in to the subdirectory, check the Git repository, and find out that I'm 7 commits behind the master. This is odd, I figure, since I restored to one hour before the update and I haven't even touched the computer since Friday.
    So, here are the problems I faced:
    1) The 10.5.8 update completely ruined my system's ability to access my Filevault protected home directory
    2) The 10.5.8 update apparently does not allow Time Machine to make a current backup of the user's home directory (as is normally done as part of the shutdown procedure - this is the only explanation I have for why Time Machine did not have a record of my home directory)
    3) Time Machine did not restore the correct version of my hard drive's files
    4) Time Machine did not keep a record of my home directory, AT ALL
    So far now I've lost roughly three quarters of a day of work, and I will lose at least another day or two as I try to track down what versions of my files Time Machine actually restored, try to incorporate any necessary changes to those files that were passed over by the system restore, try to find a backup of my home directory that is not from Time Machine (which will, because these backups are more irregular, mean that I'll still have at least week old files and thereby lose a full week of work for anything not committed to a repository - at least I can be thankful that I do have other home directory backups, and that I don't rely on Time Machine for everything - if I did, I'd be completely hosed), and then proceed to get my machine back to a reconfigured, workable state.
    The question that presents itself is when, if ever, should I contemplate doing the 10.5.8 update again. I will now forever be terrified of Apple OS updates; I can't believe the amount of work that has already been lost to this nightmare, and the amount of work I am going to have to do in the coming days to clean up this mess. If I could have pinpointed what would be the worst possible update scenario I could think of, this would be pretty close.
    I hope no one else has faced any similar problems in their recent updates, but if they have I would certainly like to hear from them regarding what they did to alleviate the issues.
    Thanks for reading and in advance for any help, advice, or considerations for the future you can provide.

    baltwo wrote:
    A Time Machine backup is only as good as what can be restored ...
    This much is true of any backup.
    ... since the backup isn't checkable until you restore it
    Fully checking a clone (IOW, not just that it will function as a startup disk but also that all the files it contains are readable or usable) is extremely time consuming. And since it is a duplicate of the volume it is backing up, it can & usually will inherit any problems of that source, especially if the copy method is a block (as opposed to file) copy. For this reason, I use SuperDuper! to make my clones, since unlike CCC or Disk Utility it always does a safer if slower file copy.
    However, there is still the problem that the clone will not automatically contain a file or container (folder or package) inadvertently erased or replaced with another one of the same name on the source, or a good copy of one that has been damaged on the source since it was installed or created. IOW, a clone is a snapshot of the source volume state +at only one moment in time+ -- including any problems or omissions of that source at that moment in time.
    Archival backups like those made by Time Machine or Retrospect are different: as these product names suggest, they can back up the state of the source volume at many different moments in time to one backup volume. Moreover, particularly with Time Machine, they make it quick & easy to locate a particular version of some backed up item & restore it if needed. With Time Machine at least, one has the option of replacing an item or keeping both versions, with one renamed with an "(original)" suffix, since this kind of restore is basically a Finder copy. Occasionally "entering" Time Machine's galaxy timeline interface should make it obvious if things are being backed up or not. For instance, if there is no home folder in /Users/ for some user account, it is obvious that account isn't being backed up.
    Unfortunately, everything changes for FileVault encrypted home folders. You may not even see the encrypted home folder in a Finder view of the Time Machine backup. When you turn on FileVault for an account, you get a warning about its consequences for Time Machine backups:
    +Time Machine backs up home folders protected by FileVault only when logged out. You cannot browse items of the protected home folder in the Time Machine backup. Because you cannot browse the items in the Time Machine backup, you cannot restore individual items.+
    IMO this makes Time Machine a poor choice for archival backups of FileVault home folders.

  • Any love for Time Machine?

    I've just installed Leopard and although I do have a bootable clone of my Tiger system via Carbon Copy Cloner, I was intending to use Time Machine for my regular Leopard backups (from both my internal HD and my Lacie 250GB Firewire external). Is there ANYONE on this forum using Time Machine and having a positive experience with it?

    Nothing but problems. I thought I had it working until tonight when I tried to load Prallels and it kicked in. I was able to shut down Prallels, Mail and other open application but I couldn't stop the backup that was taking place.
    I couldn't force quit System Preferences. I couldn't logout, restart or shut down the iMac. If I did a Relauch on Finder, the Finder would just cause Finder to go away. I could see the Finder Menus but couldn't access them. Saw the beach ball thing.
    I knew from experience the only solution was to turn off the TM external drive which is a LaCie 1TB by the way. Once I did that System Preference came up. I disabled TM and Restarted the machine.
    I have Spotlight disabled on all but my internal drive. I partitioned the external TM drive GUID and that did help. I only have about 100Gig or so to back up and like I said, it has been working fine.
    I spoke with Apple Support and the technician suggested I try to "get by" as updates were pending within the next few days. I spoke with him yesterday so maybe they'll be out soon.
    I plan on disabling TM while using the comptuer and let it run at night and see what happens. Or maybe during the day while at work. At least that way I can let Super Duper! do its thing. It won't make a bootable but neither will TM. I think it will at least get my data.
    The thing is, for a couple of days, it seemed to work. Once I partitioned the drive as GUID things were better.
    I agree that it will be a great product once it works but I can't help but think Apple didn't test it fully and didn't really care to.
    No love for Time Machine yet. But I'm trying.
    It does have a cool interface though. It will be great for my Mom. I may like it too but as a compliment to Super Duper instead of a replacement.

  • More Settings for Time Machine

    There are more options needed for time machine on the Snow Lepoard OS. Often (like 10 times a day), I am in the middle of some CPU-intensive task and Time Machine takes off and starts backing up forcing me to manually click Stop Backup on the dropdown box of the Time Machine circle icon. What I would really like are options suspend backup operations when competing software is trying to use the CPU or memory or network.

    uursamajor wrote:
    There are more options needed for time machine on the Snow Lepoard OS. Often (like 10 times a day), I am in the middle of some CPU-intensive task and Time Machine takes off and starts backing up forcing me to manually click Stop Backup on the dropdown box of the Time Machine circle icon. What I would really like are options suspend backup operations when competing software is trying to use the CPU or memory or network.
    As Kappy says, that's unlikely on Snow Leopard, and development on Leopard stopped last Fall.
    Under normal circumstances, TM backups shouldn't be terribly intrusive, unless you're backing-up over a network, especially wirelessly, and there's a lot of interference and/or congestion/contention for the network.
    A few possibilities:
    If you're really on 10.5.2, per your signature, consider upgrading to 10.5.8. There were a lot of improvements after 10.5.2. Info and download available at: http://support.apple.com/downloads/MacOS_X_10_5_8_ComboUpdate Be sure to do a +Repair Permissions+ via Disk Utility (in your Applications/Utilities folder) afterwards.
    If you're on 10.5.8 or 10.6.x, please click +My Settings+ at the right of this page and update them.
    Your Mac may be backing-up more than it should. See #D4 in Time Machine - Troubleshooting (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of this forum), for some of the common culprits, and ways to determine what's happening.
    Your backups are too slow. See #D2 in Troubleshooting for some possible fixes.

  • "The storge location for time machine backups can't be found"

    I posted this on the TIme capsule forum and got no reply. PLEASE somebody, I need help with this.
    Time machine on my new MBP (Leopard 10.5.2) is now failing on my new Time Capsule and I am unable to connect to my backups. Whenever I open Time Machine I get the error message: "The storge location for time machine backups can't be found"
    I've tried rebooting, going into "Set up time machine" and changing the disk to none and then back to both the Time capsule Volume and the Time capsule backup volume (should there be 2?).
    I AM able to open the Time Machine Drive through Finder.
    Has there been a recent update which renders Time Machine useless?

    I don't have an answer, but I get this error when I try to mount the sparcebundle to my hd to try to get Time Machine to mount as stated in this article http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1329.
    I've had this problem before I upgraded to 10.5.3

  • Are there any firmaware updates for time capsule?

    Are there any firmware updates for Time Capsule/Time machine?
    I just had a new hybrid (SSD and spinning disk) drive (750 GB) installed on my MacBook Pro and used Boot Kamp to partition it and run Windows xp. Now, my previously working Time Machine won't function. It says the "sparsebundle" is open (or in use)  preventing the back-up from working properly. When I try and remove and re-install Time Capsule as the disk to back-up to, it still doesn't work. My plan "B" is get a second Time Capsule and dedicate it to the MacBook. But, I fear I'll face the same problem.
    When I open to reconfigure Time Machine, the Time Capsule disk is identified as the back-up, but it's also seen in the "available disks to use for back-up" along with with Boot Kamp disk which is part of the new SSD hybrid hard drive just installed. (Remember it's the partitioned part running Windows xp.)
    I've unplugged/plugged-in the ethernet internet connection and the power cord many times to no avail. The message still says the sparsebundle is in the way.
    Do you think deleting Boot Kamp disk from the list of available hard drives might solve the problem?
    Bill in Tulsa

    TM can only use AFP and only on disks formatted HFS+ (ie Mac Extended Journaled) so it should not bring up a boot camp partition as a possible destination at all .. but I have not done that seutp.
    It says the "sparsebundle" is open (or in use)
    That error is well known. It should simply required the TC to be restarted..
    That sometimes gets things working where the simple restart won't.
    I would recommend using short names, with no spaces and pure alphanumeric. 
    That is C9
    http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    If you have a more complicated setup.. I would recommend firstly doing a TM reset in the computer.
    See A4 in the same reference.
    Do a verify then of the sparsebundle on the TC.. A5 but you might need to inherit the old backup if you want to continue an old backup.. A new hard disk will make the TM consider the old backup no longer belongs to the computer.. there is a UUID connection to the actual hard disk used in the backup.
    Again read the info in pondini. B5 and B6.
    The sparsebundle in use is C12 but there are a number of sparsebundle issues in section C.. C17 is another common issue.
    Some of what you have done is not adequate.. eg disconnecting ethernet is not enough.. you need to reboot the TC.

  • Multiple HDDs for 1 MBP for Time Machine?

    Alrighty, I couldn't find an answer via search, or through google. And ofcourse, as we al know, if google doesn't have an answer, it doesn't exist! :-P
    Here's my situation...
    My brother has a mbp c2d 2.4 connected to a Lacie 1TB drive for Time Machine.
    I have a mbp c1d 2.0. No time machine running.
    I want to get another 1TB drive, connect it to my airport extreme, use that for my time machine; WHILE at the same time, also using it as a time machine for my brother (2 backups for him).
    I'm running 10.5.4 with every update done for both systems as well as latest airport updates.
    Possible? Or am i seeing groovy colours?

    I believe this can work in principle but your brother would have to constantly switch backup disks between two drives and he'd have to do it by hand. I would consider this completely untenable. If he wants double backups for his computer he should use a different backup solution for the second backup. The standard practice is to keep a TM backup and a bootable clone backup made with either [Superduper|http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html] or [CCCloner|http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html]. that's what i would recommend for him.

  • I have a mid2009 MacBook Pro for which I have been using a USB WD HD for Time Machine.  I'd like to get a wireless HD  and start a new Time Machine backup for this Mac and retire the 5  year old WD drive.  Can I start over?

    I have a mid2009 MacBook Pro running Mavericks for which I have been using a USB WD HD for Time Machine.  I'd like to get a wireless HD  and start a new Time Machine backup for this Mac and retire the 5  year old WD drive.  Can I start over?

    no archive/ backup is perfect, HD clones can be set to make incremental additions, same as time machine however, though they are more time involved in doing so.
    See the + and - of all data backup/ archives below and "spread it around".... or the "dont put your eggs all in one basket" philosophy.
    Peace
    Data Storage Platforms; their Drawbacks & Advantages
    #1. Time Machine / Time Capsule
    Drawbacks:
    1. Time Machine is not bootable, if your internal drive fails, you cannot access files or boot from TM directly from the dead computer.
    2. Time machine is controlled by complex software, and while you can delve into the TM backup database for specific file(s) extraction, this is not ideal or desirable.
    3. Time machine can and does have the potential for many error codes in which data corruption can occur and your important backup files may not be saved correctly, at all, or even damaged. This extra link of failure in placing software between your data and its recovery is a point of risk and failure. A HD clone is not subject to these errors.
    4. Time machine mirrors your internal HD, in which cases of data corruption, this corruption can immediately spread to the backup as the two are linked. TM is perpetually connected (or often) to your computer, and corruption spread to corruption, without isolation, which TM lacks (usually), migrating errors or corruption is either automatic or extremely easy to unwittingly do.
    5. Time Machine does not keep endless copies of changed or deleted data, and you are often not notified when it deletes them; likewise you may accidently delete files off your computer and this accident is mirrored on TM.
    6. Restoring from TM is quite time intensive.
    7. TM is a backup and not a data archive, and therefore by definition a low-level security of vital/important data.
    8. TM working premise is a “black box” backup of OS, APPS, settings, and vital data that nearly 100% of users never verify until an emergency hits or their computers internal SSD or HD that is corrupt or dead and this is an extremely bad working premise on vital data.
    9. Given that data created and stored is growing exponentially, the fact that TM operates as a “store-it-all” backup nexus makes TM inherently incapable to easily backup massive amounts of data, nor is doing so a good idea.
    10. TM working premise is a backup of a users system and active working data, and NOT massive amounts of static data, yet most users never take this into consideration, making TM a high-risk locus of data “bloat”.
    11. In the case of Time Capsule, wifi data storage is a less than ideal premise given possible wireless data corruption.
    12. TM like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    13. *Level-1 security of your vital data.
    Advantages:
    1. TM is very easy to use either in automatic mode or in 1-click backups.
    2. TM is a perfect novice level simplex backup single-layer security save against internal HD failure or corruption.
    3. TM can easily provide a seamless no-gap policy of active data that is often not easily capable in HD clones or HD archives (only if the user is lazy is making data saves).
    #2. HD archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    2. Unless the user ritually copies working active data to HD external archives, then there is a time-gap of potential missing data; as such users must be proactive in archiving data that is being worked on or recently saved or created.
    Advantages:
    1. Fills the gap left in a week or 2-week-old HD clone, as an example.
    2. Simplex no-software data storage that is isolated and autonomous from the computer (in most cases).
    3. HD archives are the best idealized storage source for storing huge and multi-terabytes of data.
    4. Best-idealized 1st platform redundancy for data protection.
    5. *Perfect primary tier and level-2 security of your vital data.
    #3. HD clones (see below for full advantages / drawbacks)
    Drawbacks:
    1. HD clones can be incrementally updated to hourly or daily, however this is time consuming and HD clones are, often, a week or more old, in which case data between today and the most fresh HD clone can and would be lost (however this gap is filled by use of HD archives listed above or by a TM backup).
    2. Like all HD-based data is subject to ferromagnetic and mechanical failure.
    Advantages:
    1. HD clones are the best, quickest way to get back to 100% full operation in mere seconds.
    2. Once a HD clone is created, the creation software (Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper) is no longer needed whatsoever, and unlike TM, which requires complex software for its operational transference of data, a HD clone is its own bootable entity.
    3. HD clones are unconnected and isolated from recent corruption.
    4. HD clones allow a “portable copy” of your computer that you can likewise connect to another same Mac and have all your APPS and data at hand, which is extremely useful.
    5. Rather than, as many users do, thinking of a HD clone as a “complimentary backup” to the use of TM, a HD clone is superior to TM both in ease of returning to 100% quickly, and its autonomous nature; while each has its place, TM can and does fill the gap in, say, a 2 week old clone. As an analogy, the HD clone itself is the brick wall of protection, whereas TM can be thought of as the mortar, which will fill any cracks in data on a week, 2-week, or 1-month old HD clone.
    6. Best-idealized 2nd platform redundancy for data protection, and 1st level for system restore of your computers internal HD. (Time machine being 2nd level for system restore of the computer’s internal HD).
    7. *Level-2 security of your vital data.
    HD cloning software options:
    1. SuperDuper HD cloning software APP (free)
    2. Carbon Copy Cloner APP (will copy the recovery partition as well)
    3. Disk utility HD bootable clone.
    #4. Online archives
    Drawbacks:
    1. Subject to server failure or due to non-payment of your hosting account, it can be suspended.
    2. Subject, due to lack of security on your part, to being attacked and hacked/erased.
    Advantages:
    1. In case of house fire, etc. your data is safe.
    2. In travels, and propagating files to friends and likewise, a mere link by email is all that is needed and no large media needs to be sent across the net.
    3. Online archives are the perfect and best-idealized 3rd platform redundancy for data protection.
    4. Supremely useful in data isolation from backups and local archives in being online and offsite for long-distance security in isolation.
    5. *Level-1.5 security of your vital data.
    #5. DVD professional archival media
    Drawbacks:
    1. DVD single-layer disks are limited to 4.7Gigabytes of data.
    2. DVD media are, given rough handling, prone to scratches and light-degradation if not stored correctly.
    Advantages:
    1. Archival DVD professional blank media is rated for in excess of 100+ years.
    2. DVD is not subject to mechanical breakdown.
    3. DVD archival media is not subject to ferromagnetic degradation.
    4. DVD archival media correctly sleeved and stored is currently a supreme storage method of archiving vital data.
    5. DVD media is once written and therefore free of data corruption if the write is correct.
    6. DVD media is the perfect ideal for “freezing” and isolating old copies of data for reference in case newer generations of data become corrupted and an older copy is needed to revert to.
    7. Best-idealized 4th platform redundancy for data protection.
    8. *Level-3 (highest) security of your vital data. 
    [*Level-4 data security under development as once-written metallic plates and synthetic sapphire and likewise ultra-long-term data storage]
    #6. Cloud based storage
    Drawbacks:
    1. Cloud storage can only be quasi-possessed.
    2. No genuine true security and privacy of data.
    3. Should never be considered for vital data storage or especially long-term.
    4. *Level-0 security of your vital data. 
    Advantages:
    1. Quick, easy and cheap storage location for simplex files for transfer to keep on hand and yet off the computer.
    2. Easy source for small-file data sharing.

  • "This disk is used for Time Machine backup..."

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