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Backing up - time machine versus third party software?
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<blockquote data-quote="Narcosnthesis" data-source="post: 782912" data-attributes="member: 79770"><p>The important data I *need* are photos saved on the computer - previously I saved them to the computers hard drive, backed up the image folder to an external drive and once I successfully have two copies of them wipe the card and reuse it.</p><p>I also have music and so on saved on the computer, which will get backed up alongside the images, but this is mostly for convenience as I do have it all in hard copy anyway.</p><p></p><p>The system is less important, but I would like to have some backup of it I could reload from to save me having to sort out all the programs I do use and get everything working again.</p><p></p><p>I know time machine can be set to update regularly, but I won't be using this - my backup drive will be kept separate from the computer (to save from a system crash corrupting it, power surge, theft or other problem local to the computer) so updates will be done periodically - pretty much after every download from the camera or after major system changes.</p><p></p><p>I am not too sure how superduper and other backup programs work, I am assumign time machine is the easiest choice for a system backup, then a separate program to backup the data?</p><p></p><p>Also, when I used time machine to reinstall the os (putting in a bigger hard drive) I seem to remember it dedicated the external drive to itself - can I set it so that another program can use it, or am I just remembering nonsense?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Narcosnthesis, post: 782912, member: 79770"] The important data I *need* are photos saved on the computer - previously I saved them to the computers hard drive, backed up the image folder to an external drive and once I successfully have two copies of them wipe the card and reuse it. I also have music and so on saved on the computer, which will get backed up alongside the images, but this is mostly for convenience as I do have it all in hard copy anyway. The system is less important, but I would like to have some backup of it I could reload from to save me having to sort out all the programs I do use and get everything working again. I know time machine can be set to update regularly, but I won't be using this - my backup drive will be kept separate from the computer (to save from a system crash corrupting it, power surge, theft or other problem local to the computer) so updates will be done periodically - pretty much after every download from the camera or after major system changes. I am not too sure how superduper and other backup programs work, I am assumign time machine is the easiest choice for a system backup, then a separate program to backup the data? Also, when I used time machine to reinstall the os (putting in a bigger hard drive) I seem to remember it dedicated the external drive to itself - can I set it so that another program can use it, or am I just remembering nonsense? [/QUOTE]
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