Comments on: My Backup Strategy http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/ ...because that's who I am. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:26:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Achim http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11277 Achim Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:29:05 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11277 Hi, Dave! You mentioned that you don't backup photos and music to your idisk which is due to size I suppose, right? I tried to sync my 3 GB iphoto library through iDisk between multiple machines and recognized that the whole library file is synched each time a change is made. Any suggestions on effective iphoto library synching? Another question? I lost synching yojimbo through leopard upgrade. How do you manage to keep that working? best wishes Hi, Dave!

You mentioned that you don’t backup photos and music to your idisk which is due to size I suppose, right?
I tried to sync my 3 GB iphoto library through iDisk between multiple machines and recognized that the whole library file is synched each time a change is made. Any suggestions on effective iphoto library synching?

Another question? I lost synching yojimbo through leopard upgrade. How do you manage to keep that working?

best wishes

]]> By: Dave http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11052 Dave Fri, 26 Sep 2008 03:33:00 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11052 Thanks, Bo. That's great to know about MailSteward.com! Thanks, Bo. That’s great to know about MailSteward.com!

]]> By: Bo Clawson http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11050 Bo Clawson Fri, 26 Sep 2008 01:03:25 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11050 Duan talked of 4 GB of mail. My answer to archiving mail is to use MailSteward.com. Not free, but minor fee. Allows SQL searching of the contents & is far better than anything else I've tried. Had to combine over 10 years of mail to do forensic searches. Worked like a charm. Duan talked of 4 GB of mail.

My answer to archiving mail is to use MailSteward.com.

Not free, but minor fee.

Allows SQL searching of the contents & is far better than anything else I’ve tried.

Had to combine over 10 years of mail to do forensic searches. Worked like a charm.

]]> By: Dave http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11048 Dave Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:40:40 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11048 Kevin -- this is a good topic for an upcoming MGG. Let me add it to the list! Kevin — this is a good topic for an upcoming MGG. Let me add it to the list!

]]> By: Kevin Smith http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11043 Kevin Smith Thu, 25 Sep 2008 02:29:34 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-11043 Hi Dave, I was listening to mgg #169, and was alarmed to hear that cd-r's and dvd-r's potentially last only 5 years or so! I keep a lot of critical data on burned disks, always at least three copies, but only on the disks! I'm assuming you would also recommend storing these files on hard disk. Do you have any other advice on long term storage of big files? I probably have 200 gigs of archived files that are mission critical! Great show!!!!!! Kevin Hi Dave,

I was listening to mgg #169, and was alarmed to hear that cd-r’s and dvd-r’s potentially last only 5 years or so! I keep a lot of critical data on burned disks, always at least three copies, but only on the disks! I’m assuming you would also recommend storing these files on hard disk. Do you have any other advice on long term storage of big files? I probably have 200 gigs of archived files that are mission critical!
Great show!!!!!!

Kevin

]]> By: David http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10938 David Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:24:15 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10938 Hi Dave, I have been using the same sync/backup strategy you are using on several Tiger macs, but I just got a new iMac at work -Leopard -and the iDisk is called something diffrent than "iDisk". It is called my mac (me) name. This causes a problem in one database program that requires access to some file sin the iDisk to work properly. The problem is that the program in Leopard cannot find the files in my "renamed" iDisk. I wonder if you have any suggestions for this. FYI, the path for this set of file sis stored inside the iDisk, so i cannot change the path on the file, because if I make the Leopard version to work, the Tiger machines will not find it (!) Thanks, David Hi Dave,
I have been using the same sync/backup strategy you are using on several Tiger macs, but I just got a new iMac at work -Leopard -and the iDisk is called something diffrent than “iDisk”. It is called my mac (me) name. This causes a problem in one database program that requires access to some file sin the iDisk to work properly. The problem is that the program in Leopard cannot find the files in my “renamed” iDisk.

I wonder if you have any suggestions for this. FYI, the path for this set of file sis stored inside the iDisk, so i cannot change the path on the file, because if I make the Leopard version to work, the Tiger machines will not find it (!)

Thanks,

David

]]> By: Dave http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10917 Dave Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:20:32 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10917 Kevin: you've got the right solution. If something is mission critical, backing it up is the only true way to (mostly) ensure that you'll always have a good copy of that file. Kevin: you’ve got the right solution. If something is mission critical, backing it up is the only true way to (mostly) ensure that you’ll always have a good copy of that file.

]]> By: Kevin Smith http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10909 Kevin Smith Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:55:55 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10909 Hi Dave, Great article, I've been doing a lot of thinking lately about my own backups, and in specific syncing. In regards to syncing, how do you protect against a corrupted file syncing back over a good mission critical file! I work in audio and will always burn a disk of a session, before syncing it to other Macs just in case! Love the show, I never miss it! Thanks, Kevin Smith Hi Dave,

Great article, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about my own backups, and in specific syncing. In regards to syncing, how do you protect against a corrupted file syncing back over a good mission critical file! I work in audio and will always burn a disk of a session, before syncing it to other Macs just in case! Love the show, I never miss it! Thanks, Kevin Smith

]]> By: Roostaar http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10806 Roostaar Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:10:38 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10806 I just edited the 'tool' file from ~Documents/Web Receipts to /Volumes/[iDisk name]/Documents/Web Receipts and it works a treat! I just edited the ‘tool’ file from ~Documents/Web Receipts to /Volumes/[iDisk name]/Documents/Web Receipts and it works a treat!

]]> By: Roostaar http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10805 Roostaar Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:08:22 +0000 http://www.davethenerd.com/davehamilton/mac-stuff/2008/07/22/my-backup-strategy/#comment-10805 Ok, this helps for the web receipts folder... http://pablo.averbuj.com/2008/04/14/osxchanging-the-web-receipts-folder/ Ok, this helps for the web receipts folder…

http://pablo.averbuj.com/2008/04/14/osxchanging-the-web-receipts-folder/

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