Hi Neil,
No particular reason really.
It's just that I have a purchased copy of SuperDuper, so seeing as
I have
paid for it, I decided I should at least use it ;-)
I created the original clone on the off-site drive using SuperDuper
before I
realised Déjà Vu could do a bootable clone as well as Archives.
Cheers,
Ronni
On 24/09/2009, at 2:44 PM, Neil Houghton wrote:
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
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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
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