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Alternatives to the no longer available Time Capsule?
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<blockquote data-quote="Randy B. Singer" data-source="post: 1914374" data-attributes="member: 190607"><p>I think that Apple assumes that every Macintosh has a dedicated external hard drive attached to it running a Time Machine backup. It appears to be the only form of backup that their tech support notes ever mention:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&type=organic&src=support_searchbox_psp&locale=en_US&q=macintosh+backup" target="_blank">https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&type=organic&src=support_searchbox_psp&locale=en_US&q=macintosh+backup</a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are huge pros and cons to backing up to the cloud, no matter which service you choose. I tend to land on the side of not using the cloud myself, but since you seem to have already made that decision I won't talk about the pros and the cons.</p><p></p><p>If you don't want to attach a single hard drive to each Macintosh that you have, and then doing either a clone backup (using something like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner), or a versioned backup (Time Machine being most popular), then currently the next most popular way to do a local backup (especially to multiple Macs) is to use a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>That is, itself, a type of NAS....a very unreliable one that I never recommend. WD branded external storage products tend to be horribly unreliable.</p><p></p><p>There are a bunch of different brands of NAS, but most consultants recommend a Synology, as they are very reliable and come with excellent software. Check out this one:</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077PJX8TH[/URL]</p><p></p><p>See:</p><p></p><p>Using a Synology NAS to Escape the Cloud</p><p><a href="https://tidbits.com/2022/04/29/using-a-synology-nas-to-escape-the-cloud/" target="_blank">https://tidbits.com/2022/04/29/using-a-synology-nas-to-escape-the-cloud/</a></p><p></p><p>If you need me to expand on why I recommend a local, instead of a cloud backup, or what a NAS is and how it is used, just let me know. But I think that the links that I gave should explain everything.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randy B. Singer, post: 1914374, member: 190607"] I think that Apple assumes that every Macintosh has a dedicated external hard drive attached to it running a Time Machine backup. It appears to be the only form of backup that their tech support notes ever mention: [URL code="true"]https://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=search&type=organic&src=support_searchbox_psp&locale=en_US&q=macintosh+backup[/URL] There are huge pros and cons to backing up to the cloud, no matter which service you choose. I tend to land on the side of not using the cloud myself, but since you seem to have already made that decision I won't talk about the pros and the cons. If you don't want to attach a single hard drive to each Macintosh that you have, and then doing either a clone backup (using something like SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner), or a versioned backup (Time Machine being most popular), then currently the next most popular way to do a local backup (especially to multiple Macs) is to use a Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. That is, itself, a type of NAS....a very unreliable one that I never recommend. WD branded external storage products tend to be horribly unreliable. There are a bunch of different brands of NAS, but most consultants recommend a Synology, as they are very reliable and come with excellent software. Check out this one: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077PJX8TH[/URL] See: Using a Synology NAS to Escape the Cloud [URL code="true"]https://tidbits.com/2022/04/29/using-a-synology-nas-to-escape-the-cloud/[/URL] If you need me to expand on why I recommend a local, instead of a cloud backup, or what a NAS is and how it is used, just let me know. But I think that the links that I gave should explain everything. [/QUOTE]
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