Back up over wireless

rpg51 · rpg51 #1 (**permalink**)

03-27-2012, 06:04 AM

Is there a good application that will perform scheduled backups from my MacBook Air to a hard drive connected to my home network (external hard drive attached to windows machine via usb) using my home wireless network? The network is connected to a Netgear wireless router.

mrplow · mrplow #2 (**permalink**)

03-27-2012, 07:28 AM

Time machine can do that (may need a bit of tweaking first but it can do it).

Though I'd be concerned about going across a wireless network to a PC then across USB to the drive. That's quite a few points of failure.

I'd suggest a network attached disk connected directly to the router personally. Else just connect your Air directly to your existing disk once a week to refresh the backup.

chscag · chscag #3 (**permalink**)

03-27-2012, 11:54 AM

Not to mention how slow backing up that way would be. I second member mrplow's recommendation.

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Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 5,343 Mac Specs: 27" iMac i7 (2011), iPhone5, iPad3, AppleTV2	03-27-2012, 07:28 AM Time machine can do that (may need a bit of tweaking first but it can do it). Though I'd be concerned about going across a wireless network to a PC then across USB to the drive. That's quite a few points of failure. I'd suggest a network attached disk connected directly to the router personally. Else just connect your Air directly to your existing disk once a week to refresh the backup. External hard disk acquisition addict - but admitting the problem is the first step to a robust backup Please use the reputation system if you think you've been helped - top right of this post
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Member Since: Jan 22, 2012 Posts: 190 Mac Specs: MBA 1.7 GHz Core i5, 4GB 1333 MHz DDR3 - Lion 10.7.4; Thunderbolt Display; 2011 iMac base w/SSD	03-27-2012, 06:04 AM Is there a good application that will perform scheduled backups from my MacBook Air to a hard drive connected to my home network (external hard drive attached to windows machine via usb) using my home wireless network? The network is connected to a Netgear wireless router.
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