Comments on: Here’s Proof You Should Be Backing Up! http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/ Mac Morsels and Other Useful Stuff Mon, 07 May 2012 00:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jim Mitchell http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jim Mitchell Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:29:55 +0000 http://jimmitchell.org/?p=372#comment-15 <p>I use SuperDuper! to back up my MacBook Pro... Have for years. I absolutely love the product. I don't know why I wasn't on the ball with the family iMac though. Probably thought it's hardly ever pushed to a limit, so it should've been okay...</p> I use SuperDuper! to back up my MacBook Pro… Have for years. I absolutely love the product. I don’t know why I wasn’t on the ball with the family iMac though. Probably thought it’s hardly ever pushed to a limit, so it should’ve been okay…

]]> By: She Dupree http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-14 She Dupree Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:23:42 +0000 http://jimmitchell.org/?p=372#comment-14 <p>The guys at Super Duper are consistently awesome. Have saved me at least once, and probably more in the future. Time Machine is great and all, but only if you can get your machine running. If there's nothing to get your machine running, you can't access your backed up files in Time Machine. Super Duper essentially makes a complete copy of your current harddrive and simply allows you to boot up and continue right from where you left off, from an external drive. Pretty awesome.</p> <p>http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html</p> The guys at Super Duper are consistently awesome. Have saved me at least once, and probably more in the future. Time Machine is great and all, but only if you can get your machine running. If there’s nothing to get your machine running, you can’t access your backed up files in Time Machine. Super Duper essentially makes a complete copy of your current harddrive and simply allows you to boot up and continue right from where you left off, from an external drive. Pretty awesome.

http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html

]]> By: Jim Mitchell http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Jim Mitchell Sat, 21 Feb 2009 07:35:08 +0000 http://jimmitchell.org/?p=372#comment-9 <p>@James - Thanks for the reminder about Drive Savers. Fortunately (if that word can be used in this situation), I'm pretty sure the drive is okay. I have a feeling the drive controller on the motherboard is what crapped out. It's more common than I thought now that I've been looking into it.</p> <p>@aster1sk - Great suggestion! I think I'll look at doing the same. I've got an old G4 that I could easily set up to do just that.</p> @James – Thanks for the reminder about Drive Savers. Fortunately (if that word can be used in this situation), I’m pretty sure the drive is okay. I have a feeling the drive controller on the motherboard is what crapped out. It’s more common than I thought now that I’ve been looking into it.

@aster1sk – Great suggestion! I think I’ll look at doing the same. I’ve got an old G4 that I could easily set up to do just that.

]]> By: aster1sk http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-8 aster1sk Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:29:27 +0000 http://jimmitchell.org/?p=372#comment-8 <p>I set my Powerbook to backup over LAN to a Debian box running netatalk. That way I do not have to lug around an external drive.</p> <p>I blogged it here (you can remove the link if you don't want it in your comments).</p> <p>http://geekhut.org/2009/01/time-machine-over-lan-linux-afp/</p> I set my Powerbook to backup over LAN to a Debian box running netatalk. That way I do not have to lug around an external drive.

I blogged it here (you can remove the link if you don’t want it in your comments).

http://geekhut.org/2009/01/time-machine-over-lan-linux-afp/

]]> By: James http://jimmitchell.org/2009/02/19/heres-proof-you-should-be-backing-up/comment-page-1/#comment-7 James Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:53:31 +0000 http://jimmitchell.org/?p=372#comment-7 <p>Don't give up on your family's photos, projects, music, etc. Send your drive to <a href="http://www.drivesavers.com/" rel="nofollow">Drive Savers</a>. They shouldn't have a problem recovering your data. The service might be pricey (you can call for a free estimate), but it looks like there are <a href="http://www.retailmenot.com/view/drivesavers.com" rel="nofollow">a few coupon codes</a> to try.</p> Don’t give up on your family’s photos, projects, music, etc. Send your drive to Drive Savers. They shouldn’t have a problem recovering your data. The service might be pricey (you can call for a free estimate), but it looks like there are a few coupon codes to try.

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