Hi Ronni, Interesting that you use two different programs to clone to external FW drives - Déjà Vu for your weekly clone and Superduper for your monthly clone. Do you have a particular reason for this? - I can see the reason for two different drives in two different locations with two different schedules, I just wondered why two different cloning programs.
Cheers Neil -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Email: n...@possumology.com on 24/9/09 1:45 PM, Ronda Brown at ro...@mac.com wrote: > Hello WAMUG people serious about protecting the Data on your Computer/s, > > Someone on WAMUG Mailing list some time ago asked if I would post how I Backup > and protect myself from loss of Data. > Here is a brief outline on my Backup Strategy: > **************** > BACKUP STRATEGY > > The computer I am regularly backing up is an Intel machine (17" MacBook Pro > Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB) > My External Firewire Drives are formatted: > Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > Partition Map Scheme: GUID Partition Table - (for bootability on Intel-based > Macs) > > If you are backing up a PowerPC (PPC) machine you would format your External > Firewire Drive/s: > Mac OS Extended (Journaled) > Partition Map Scheme: APM Partition Table - (for bootability on PowerPC-based > Macs) > > I have been using Déjà Vu since purchasing it in 2002 to perform my scheduled > daily backups of my Home Directory folder and scheduled weekly Bootable Clone > of my System Disk (Hard Drive). > Déjà Vu is a "preference pane" that lives in your System Preferences, and it > allows you to schedule unattended backups of important folders, and "Clone" > your entire system. > As it has never let me down I continue using it. > <http://www.propagandaprod.com/dejavu.html> > > You might prefer to use Time Machine (which is Free) for "Archives" and > another application like Carbon Copy Cloner <http://www.bombich.com/> or > SuperDuper > <http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html>. > Purchased & registered copy of these can do scheduled backups. > > I use SuperDuper (purchased copy) to "Clone" other peoples computer Systems > before I work on them, just in case something goes terribly wrong. > > NB: Backups are a MUST! Scheduled Backups are VITAL! > > It is too easy to forget to backup if you have not scheduled your backup > application to regularly backup. > The time you don't have a current backup, is the time most likely for > something to go wrong and "Yikes" you have lost important data. > That Video Project or Work Project you have been working on for weeks, or all > your photos, your music files. > I know this from experience! I was devastated when I had forgotten to backup > and lost very important Video files I had been working on. > After this happened I started using "Scheduled" daily backup of my Home > Directory (Folder). > "Peace of Mind" is far better then "Loss of Mind" due to "Loss of Data"! > > My Backup Strategy is: > > Déjà Vu backs up my Home folder to a Drobo which holds 4 - 1TB SATA drives > (every night ) > Déjà Vu backs up my Home folder to a 160GB SATA portable drive that lives in > my car (every night ) > For security this drive is password protected. > > Déjà Vu does a bootable Clone of my Startup Volume - [HD] to a 1TB External > Firewire Drive (every week ) > > I have an extra off-site backup (Bootable Cloned HD by SuperDuper) on a 1TB > External Firewire Drive at a relative's. > This is updated every 1-2 mths > > I have another 120GB SATA Portable Drive that I use to backup files on other > peoples computers before I work on them. > -------------------------------- > Basically a good Backup Strategy consists of three parts: > > 1. Use Time Machine or another backup application to store "Archives". > Use your backup application to update your "Archives" incrementally (copying > only new or changed files each time) at least Daily. > > 2. Create a Bootable backup Clone (Duplicate) of your Startup Volume. > Use your backup application to update the Clone weekly. > > 3. Store at least one backup copy (I prefer a Bootable Clone of my whole > system) off-site. > Somewhere other than your House in case of fire or burglary, and update it > regularly. > ============== > > I recommend purchasing and reading this eBook. It is well worth the purchase > price. > "Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Fourth Edition" > <http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backup-macosx?pt=TRK-0014-TCANNOUNCE> > > ************** > > Cheers, > Ronni > > 17" MacBook Pro Intel Core 2 Duo > 2.4 GHz / 4GB / 800MHz / 500GB > OS X 10.6.1 Snow Leopard > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:wamug-unsubscr...@wamug.org.au>
