I have a new MacAir (first Mac) and want to figure out an optimal approach to backups.
My plans are:
1. Use an external 500GB drive (small passport) as a SuperDuper clone drive and make it bootable. I would manually update this drive on a periodic schedule.
2. Use an external 1TB passport drive (would be my travel drive too) that would contain
Drive 1 would be for catastrophic system recoveries.
Drive 2 would be for file recovery and data storage.
Is this a reasonable approach?
I read something about TimeMachine eventually taking over a drive. I would like to manage the backups manually and be able to a do a periodic consolidation. I am not too sure about TM.
Is there a good alternative to TM?
Thanks
Mike
My plans are:
1. Use an external 500GB drive (small passport) as a SuperDuper clone drive and make it bootable. I would manually update this drive on a periodic schedule.
2. Use an external 1TB passport drive (would be my travel drive too) that would contain
- Manual TimeMachine Backups
- Data files (some to be copied from existing Windows PC)
- Photo images
Drive 1 would be for catastrophic system recoveries.
Drive 2 would be for file recovery and data storage.
Is this a reasonable approach?
I read something about TimeMachine eventually taking over a drive. I would like to manage the backups manually and be able to a do a periodic consolidation. I am not too sure about TM.
Is there a good alternative to TM?
Thanks
Mike