On 13/08/2011, at 3:12 PM, Randy Bush <ra...@psg.com> wrote: > charles skipped what i see as a highly critical question, personal > backup. > > my life is on a 13" macbook air, all data, mail back decades (i do not > save all mail), etc. the whole drive is encrypted, my main reason for > moving to lion. > > i have two time machine drives, one at home and one i carry on the > road. both are encrypted. > > belt and braces, i also use unison to sync my laptop's home data to a > server in colo. it goes to a freebsd geli, i.e. encrypted, partition. > > all keys and other critical private data are in a text file on my laptop > encrypted with gpg, which i use emacs crypt++ to access. that key file, > a bunch of x.509 certs, ... are copied to an ironkey usb. > > randy >
I found the "mobile account/portable home directory" feature in os x server to be very useful for wife and kids (powerbooks). They get backed up and don't realize. If they crash a drive or if i upgrade a machine I just log them back in and resynch the machine. no more lost homework. jy
