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Back-up: Time Machine versus Carbon Copy Cloner
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<blockquote data-quote="LL435" data-source="post: 1841833" data-attributes="member: 403898"><p>Rad Dave,</p><p>Great info’, thanks. I agree with the redundancy issue which is why I’m conscious of improving my process to make it more robust. I think I’ll do similarly to your plan. </p><p>(1) I’ll keep my FireWire External Hard Drive backing up constantly via Time Machine when I’m in my office. </p><p>(2) I’ll also back up the whole MacBook drive to my new LaCie Rugged Mini Hard Disk via Carbon Copy Clone (CCC). This can be scheduled every hour while it’s plugged in. It’s then also a portable drive (supposed to be very robust) that I can take with me for back ups and storage away from the office. </p><p>(3). Important personal documents backup via CCC (incrementally so should be quick) on to a 32GB USB thumb drive. I know you suggested avoiding these but I have one large enough already and saves spending more on an external SSD. I realise SSD are cheap but are they any better than what I have already (and it saves spending more)?</p><p></p><p>I still need to think through the security issues. Whether and/or how I should password protect or encrypt the external drives. </p><p>(1) I’m reluctant to use FileVault with the first drive as I’ve been told it slows the whole process and computer down quite a lot. </p><p>(2) The new LaCie drive I believe comes with secure password protection so that should be ok. (I’ve not tried it yet to backup as I’m still developing my overall strategy !). </p><p>(3) The USB stick is a quick easy solution but I’m not sure how I protect it (password, encryption etc) ?</p><p></p><p>Finally, other points:-</p><p>• I’m reluctant to use cloud storage; increased vulnerability, eco-sustainable issues ref. power use etc. Happy to keep things local and secure instead. I’ll keep my Rugged Drive in a safe secure place outside the house in case of fire, theft etc. </p><p>• Regards CCC and SuperDuper. I’ve used CCC in the past to clone and replace my HDD (which failed, hence the awareness of need for redundancy and restore/recovery) with SSD and it worked well so I’ll probably go with CCC as it doesn’t seem too expensive either. </p><p>• Regards, Sync Folders Pro software, I’m not sure if I need this ? and whether it’s just duplicating what CCC clone can do anyway, ie multiple different selectable folders backups. </p><p></p><p>Thanks again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LL435, post: 1841833, member: 403898"] Rad Dave, Great info’, thanks. I agree with the redundancy issue which is why I’m conscious of improving my process to make it more robust. I think I’ll do similarly to your plan. (1) I’ll keep my FireWire External Hard Drive backing up constantly via Time Machine when I’m in my office. (2) I’ll also back up the whole MacBook drive to my new LaCie Rugged Mini Hard Disk via Carbon Copy Clone (CCC). This can be scheduled every hour while it’s plugged in. It’s then also a portable drive (supposed to be very robust) that I can take with me for back ups and storage away from the office. (3). Important personal documents backup via CCC (incrementally so should be quick) on to a 32GB USB thumb drive. I know you suggested avoiding these but I have one large enough already and saves spending more on an external SSD. I realise SSD are cheap but are they any better than what I have already (and it saves spending more)? I still need to think through the security issues. Whether and/or how I should password protect or encrypt the external drives. (1) I’m reluctant to use FileVault with the first drive as I’ve been told it slows the whole process and computer down quite a lot. (2) The new LaCie drive I believe comes with secure password protection so that should be ok. (I’ve not tried it yet to backup as I’m still developing my overall strategy !). (3) The USB stick is a quick easy solution but I’m not sure how I protect it (password, encryption etc) ? Finally, other points:- • I’m reluctant to use cloud storage; increased vulnerability, eco-sustainable issues ref. power use etc. Happy to keep things local and secure instead. I’ll keep my Rugged Drive in a safe secure place outside the house in case of fire, theft etc. • Regards CCC and SuperDuper. I’ve used CCC in the past to clone and replace my HDD (which failed, hence the awareness of need for redundancy and restore/recovery) with SSD and it worked well so I’ll probably go with CCC as it doesn’t seem too expensive either. • Regards, Sync Folders Pro software, I’m not sure if I need this ? and whether it’s just duplicating what CCC clone can do anyway, ie multiple different selectable folders backups. Thanks again. [/QUOTE]
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