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New Blog: Back It Up Part 2

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Back It Up Part 2

In part one of this series,*I discussed what files to backup and what types of backups were possible. Whether you choose to archive, backup, or clone data, if you haven’t started a backup regimen, you’ll want to*start one. This isn’t a review of the backup programs available*for Macs. Instead, we’ll learn from mistakes I’ve made backing up data. Hopefully, you will avoid similar mistakes. Cloning Issues As you can see from the reviews, there are various*options available for cloning your Mac. In fact, you can use recent versions of Disk …Read More →



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Good write up!

Put me down as interested in a TM followup article.
 
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Duly noted. Are there any specific issues you would like to see addressed? Here are some of the things that have occurred to me:
1. TM backup to external hard drive vs, backup to a network volume.
2. Controlling size of TM backups on network volumes
3. Common restoration problems

This one might take a bit of work since it seems like it would be a good idea to sift through some of the back posts and see what problems seem to be occurring.
 
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Slydude said:
Duly noted. Are there any specific issues you would like to see addressed? Here are some of the things that have occurred to me:
1. TM backup to external hard drive vs, backup to a network volume.
2. Controlling size of TM backups on network volumes
3. Common restoration problems

This one might take a bit of work since it seems like it would be a good idea to sift through some of the back posts and see what problems seem to be occurring.
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1 & 2 above are of primary interest along with general pointers. I don't tend to use TM for continuous backup, prefering to push when I feel like it. CCC clones are my main backup, but I think I'm not getting the full value TM offers, so I'm open to suggestions. :)
 

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