Using a USB thumb drive for backups?
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From: Tim Murray on 18 Dec 2009 19:37 nospam wrote: >> Every connection causes a spark. Some metal is lost in vaporization (the >> metal sputters and is carried away in an aerosol) and some to excitation. >> The melting point of the metal is a major factor. Gold has great >> conductive properties but a low melting point and a low life-span. > > um, no. What wrong?
From: JF Mezei on 18 Dec 2009 19:43 For a real backup solution, rent the movie Johnny Mnemonic. :-) :-) :-)
From: Tom Harrington on 18 Dec 2009 19:58 In article <isw-AC315E.10332418122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > Not with Time Machine, but with "backuplist+", which does them once a > week. > > Pros/cons? Others have discussed the potential cons. I'll just suggest that most of these can be avoided by using multiple drives for redundant backups. It's unlikely they'd all fail at once, so even if one was to wear out or get zapped or go through the laundry or something you'd still have others to fall back on. Get 2 or 3 (they're cheap these days) and rotate them. -- Tom "Tom" Harrington Independent Mac OS X developer since 2002 http://www.atomicbird.com/
From: Nick Naym on 18 Dec 2009 22:40 In article 181220091422276843%nospam(a)nospam.invalid, nospam at nospam(a)nospam.invalid wrote on 12/18/09 2:22 PM: > In article <isw-AC315E.10332418122009@[216.168.3.50]>, isw > <isw(a)witzend.com> wrote: > >> Not with Time Machine, but with "backuplist+", which does them once a >> week. >> >> Pros/cons? > > maybe for a few files, but when i think of backups, i think of where to > put several hundred gigabytes. I wonder why no one has addressed this. And if one is only talking about a handful of files (especially infrequently), what's the advantage of using "backup" software over simply drag-and-dropping copies? -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Tim Murray on 19 Dec 2009 00:13
Nick Naym wrote: > I wonder why no one has addressed this. And if one is only talking about a > handful of files (especially infrequently), what's the advantage of using > "backup" software over simply drag-and-dropping copies? Actually there is an advantage in the most backup apps have an option to verify that the backup had no errors, more than the OS will do. |