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Offsite Backup Plan versus Sparsebundle Files
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<blockquote data-quote="PGB1" data-source="post: 1912541" data-attributes="member: 76746"><p>Thank You Lifeisabeach for your suggestion. It certainly will be safe & keep people out.</p><p>But, I'd like not to switch users back and forth. When items are connected to the computer, I often have that window open and open another to do other tasks while glancing at the connected item's window.</p><p></p><p>My next not-so-genius idea was a password protected DMG instead of sparsebundle.</p><p>I tried creating a password protected, read-write DMG of a random folder, using Disk Utility. What I found out is that I could not add files to the dmg. (Fixed size?) I guess I was wrong when I thought I could use it like a normal folder.</p><p></p><p>Next, I tried to manually add the sparsebundle to iCloud as an offsite location to store it & keep it sync'd.</p><p>Dragging & dropping to the Finder iCloud icon was a mistake. It took the folder away from where it used to live and put it in iCloud only- but not on line. It was only in the Finder sidebar iCloud.</p><p></p><p>Copy-Paste to the iCloud Finder sidebar item left it there for a day. It had a picture of a cloud next to it, but never uploaded to the cloud.</p><p></p><p>Logging into iCloud on the computer and pasting the folder there didn't work. It did not allow the folder to be selected (nor any folder). Dragging it there didn't work either.</p><p></p><p>System Preferences - iCloud does not have a choice to allow documents. It only has, under iCloud Drive, a few random applications, plus Mail and Reminders. The choice for Documents is not on the list.</p><p></p><p>Next- I bit the bullet and tried Google One. Folders are not allowed to be uploaded.</p><p></p><p>Who would have thought getting an encrypted sparsebundle stored offsite would be such a problem?</p><p></p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>Frustrated</p><p></p><p>PS: I spoke on the phone with someone up the tech chain at iDrive:</p><p>He said they stopped allowing folders over 2 GB to be accessed via a browser. (I can't access folders under 2gb either- only files) Wish they'd have told the customers. </p><p>For the mobile app, he said they no longer allow folders to be downloaded- only individual files. (Again, no notice to the customer)</p><p>For the desktop application, the answer was "It's sometimes a problem to download a folder in tact." Sometimes seems to be always.</p><p></p><p>So much for iDrive & sparsebundles.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PGB1, post: 1912541, member: 76746"] Thank You Lifeisabeach for your suggestion. It certainly will be safe & keep people out. But, I'd like not to switch users back and forth. When items are connected to the computer, I often have that window open and open another to do other tasks while glancing at the connected item's window. My next not-so-genius idea was a password protected DMG instead of sparsebundle. I tried creating a password protected, read-write DMG of a random folder, using Disk Utility. What I found out is that I could not add files to the dmg. (Fixed size?) I guess I was wrong when I thought I could use it like a normal folder. Next, I tried to manually add the sparsebundle to iCloud as an offsite location to store it & keep it sync'd. Dragging & dropping to the Finder iCloud icon was a mistake. It took the folder away from where it used to live and put it in iCloud only- but not on line. It was only in the Finder sidebar iCloud. Copy-Paste to the iCloud Finder sidebar item left it there for a day. It had a picture of a cloud next to it, but never uploaded to the cloud. Logging into iCloud on the computer and pasting the folder there didn't work. It did not allow the folder to be selected (nor any folder). Dragging it there didn't work either. System Preferences - iCloud does not have a choice to allow documents. It only has, under iCloud Drive, a few random applications, plus Mail and Reminders. The choice for Documents is not on the list. Next- I bit the bullet and tried Google One. Folders are not allowed to be uploaded. Who would have thought getting an encrypted sparsebundle stored offsite would be such a problem? Sincerely, Frustrated PS: I spoke on the phone with someone up the tech chain at iDrive: He said they stopped allowing folders over 2 GB to be accessed via a browser. (I can't access folders under 2gb either- only files) Wish they'd have told the customers. For the mobile app, he said they no longer allow folders to be downloaded- only individual files. (Again, no notice to the customer) For the desktop application, the answer was "It's sometimes a problem to download a folder in tact." Sometimes seems to be always. So much for iDrive & sparsebundles. [/QUOTE]
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