> On Nov 12, 2014, at 01:58 , Chris Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Or you could get some cloud storage and let your data trickle-feed up to >> there. If you have cloud storage then you don't need your backup external >> drive. > > You just need to think about how well and how long cloud services will > look after your data. I've already lost a service that told me it > would look after notes for ever. I managed to download everything > before it went away, but it was a near miss. >
I use Time Machine as my "local" backup on all my Macs, but I also push up all of the important data to a cloud backup service (I use CrashPlan - local company). "Belt and suspenders". So far, whenever I've needed a backup (such as: I'm at work and want a copy of a file that is on my home machine), I've been able to successfully restore to my laptop (Crashplan lets you restore to any of your machines using the backup from any of the machines as a source). That's (so far) been a good test and confirmation that I can get my data back when I need it. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [email protected] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
