Looking at safe backups up for my macs> need help

brucepbrucep
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
http://www.g-technology.com/products/g-safe.cfm[



i need about 1tb of home movie DV back up



besides the g-safe what else is safe and fast. FW 400/800 a must



thanks in advance

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    rokcet scientistrokcet scientist Posts: 962member
    You've got Leopard, so you've already got Time Machine software. The ideal, incremental, "fire & forget" backup application for Macs. Now you only need an external harddisk of sufficient size to run Time Machine – in the background! – to backup your internal harddisk.
  • Reply 2 of 6
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist View Post


    You've got Leopard, so you've already got Time Machine software. The ideal, incremental, "fire & forget" backup application for Macs. Now you only need an external harddisk of sufficient size to run Time Machine ? in the background! ? to backup your internal harddisk.



    yes

    But which drive is the one
  • Reply 3 of 6
    rokcet scientistrokcet scientist Posts: 962member
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    yes

    But which drive is the one



    Doesn't really matter at the current storage price point. Storage per GB has never been as cheap as today.

    I swear by LaCie.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist View Post


    Doesn't really matter at the current storage price point. Storage per GB has never been as cheap as today.

    I swear by LaCie.



    Thanks rocket man

    i think i will find a fire wire 400/ 800 500 g or 750 g aka drobo and mirrior the drives /



    iomega

    ga looks best so far or may samsung

    i can the first week of jan is when all the new stuff is out
  • Reply 5 of 6
    rokcet scientistrokcet scientist Posts: 962member
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    Thanks rocket man

    i think i will find a fire wire 400/ 800 500 g or 750 g aka drobo and mirrior the drives /



    Good plan. But if you go that route you need to make it fullproof and store a regularly updated copy physically offsite. Miles away.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    brucepbrucep Posts: 2,823member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Rokcet Scientist View Post


    Good plan. But if you go that route you need to make it fullproof and store a regularly updated copy physically offsite. Miles away.



    hmm good point so

    if i buy 6 x 750 g



    and keep 4 at home < two for use 2 for mirror > and 2 at work one for work and one for a swapping with a home copy . / I guess by jan things will becheaper .

    i just lost over 1tb of data with g-raid so i am fuming and will make it fail safe as possible .





    question ?? do compressed zip files lose quality of DV content ??
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