Hi, Time machine and cloning serve two different use cases. It really depends on what your needs are. I personally use a time machine drive and then I cycle two external drives which I clone weekly. Both are useful for some disaster scenarios. Since you already have a remote backup solution, you may want the cloning weekly option. That way, upon a failure, you can connect and reboot, bulling any changed data down from your cloud backup.
As for not being able to boot from USB, that statement is totally false. Older macs did have a problem with USB booting, but that hasn't been an issue for years. Firewire is a dead standard, all be it, a very nice one. Best, --k Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the questions. On Apr 14, 2014, at 1:54 AM, Agent086b <agent0...@bigpond.com> wrote: > Hi all, > I already backup my Mac to Carbonite. I wish to get a USB drive to have an > on-site backup. Is there any reason why I shouldn't use TimeMachine? Or is > there a better option? > Thanks as always for any advice. > Max > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
