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From: David Sankey on 22 Mar 2010 13:11
In article <nospam-6A98C5.15431222032010(a)news.virginmedia.com>,
eastender <nospam(a)nospam.com> wrote:

> In article <80pesrFb4eU1(a)mid.individual.net>,
> Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>
>
> > That's pretty decent. I'm using the free version of SD that doesn't do
> > incrementals, and assumed the OP was similarly cheap :-)
>
> Ah. I bought SD a few year's ago - it's been one of the best 'extras'
> I've ever bought, and has saved my bacon a couple of times. Get it
> before the pound falls further...

Or if you're resolutely cheap, peruse
<http://www.bombich.com/mactips/image.html> and
<http://www.bombich.com/mactips/rsync.html>

If you want backup on demand when plugging in a disk you could also look
at <http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial_backups_with_launchd>

Have fun,

Dave
From: Steve Hodgson on 22 Mar 2010 14:08
On 2010-03-22 14:58:35 +0000, Chris Ridd said:

> assumed the OP was similarly cheap :-)

Usually, but not when it comes to gadgets :p
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From: Steve Hodgson on 22 Mar 2010 14:09
On 2010-03-22 17:11:18 +0000, David Sankey said:

> If you want backup on demand when plugging in a disk you could also look
> at <http://www.macresearch.org/tutorial_backups_with_launchd>

That's similar to what I do at the moment. Partial backups via
ChronoSync to memory stick, iPod etc when inserted.
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From: Steve Hodgson on 22 Mar 2010 14:12
On 2010-03-22 14:00:25 +0000, Woody said:

> Steve <hamrun(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any recommendations for an external backup drive? I'd
>> like something fairly cheap, quiet in operation.
>>
>> I think my plan would be to use SuperDuper! rather than Time Machine,
>> but that's based on prejudice rather than any real knowledge. The aim
>> would be to have an overnight bootable backup created automatically.
>
> I don't know about SuperDuper but I would assume it can the same as Time
> Machine. I just picked up a cheap 1TB external firewire for �90 last
> year, turned on time machine and now have a set of backups from then

What drive did you go for. I really like the look of the G-Tech drives
but there seems plenty of choice.
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Steve

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From: Chris Ridd on 22 Mar 2010 15:19
On 2010-03-22 18:08:30 +0000, Steve Hodgson said:

> On 2010-03-22 14:58:35 +0000, Chris Ridd said:
>
>> assumed the OP was similarly cheap :-)
>
> Usually, but not when it comes to gadgets :p

In which case you'll appreciate the reassuringly expensive price of the
G-Drives!
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Chris

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