Are you syncing time machine backups to your Synology NAS (wirelessly or wired via the LAN) or using Synology's backup software? I have an older Rackstation RS409 I believe and I haven't tried the time machine backups yet, via wireless, with my laptops.
Have the folks at Synology ever gotten around to adding HFS+ support over USB?
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Originally Posted by kpluck
Finally, I would also recommend looking at Arq 3 and Amazon Glacier. While Glacier is slow it is also very cheap and probably the most reliable of the services.
"Slow" is an understatement. We've taken to calling it Amazon Glacier.
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Originally Posted by kpluck
Finally, while having a clone of your main drive is nice, I think everyone using a Mac should have a Time Machine backup. The problem with a clone is it will be out of date depending on when you last did the clone and how much things have changed since then. It will then be up to the user to restore the clone and get it up to date using whatever other services the user has in place.
I would go so far to stay the only time a cloned drive approach is better than Time Machine is if you find yourself in a situation where your boot drive has failed and for some reason you are in a rush to get your system back and in a usable state. Even here, because the clone could be somewhat out of date, it might not immediately get you up and running.
In addition to being bootable now, a cloned drive also allows you to back out a problematic OS or application upgrade (provided you cloned the drive before you started).
Time machine is the best way to backing up data and even Mac drive cloning but sometimes, few errors like disk couldn't find or insufficient drive space make a halt in work progress. At this helpless point of time, these efficient Mac drive Cloning tools like CCC, Super Duper, Stellar Drive Clone, Winclone etc. do the best.
Time machine is the best way to backing up data and even Mac drive cloning but sometimes, few errors like disk couldn't find or insufficient drive space make a halt in work progress. At this helpless point of time, these efficient Mac drive Cloning tools like CCC, Super Duper, Stellar Drive Clone, Winclone etc. do the best.
I agree with this article and can add something that might interest many here. Dupplica Online Backup is very cheap in price and offers pretty simple setup. My backup has Time Machine back up to Time Capsule, and Dupplica backs up my 6TB drive, since they allow external drive backups.
The greatest feature of Dupplica is that I have many computers at home, and they all come under the same subscription of $24 /year. My iMac server using Dupplica for free since its mapped to my computer.
I am using only 6 computers under this subscription, so I decided to add my mothers computer back in Minnesota and its under the same subscription..
With Dupplica I get 10 computers under the same subscription ( unlimited storage or file size)
I use Get Backup Pro for bootable backups and scheduling, as well as syncing all my folders and files. I say, it's a great alternative to TimeMachine and to CCC which is pretty much expensive.
My backup routine:
1) Backup of all my files and folders for the first time. Stored on my SD.
2) Then do incremental backups (only what has changed), store on my SD as well.
3) Once a week - a full bootable clone.
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Originally Posted by imt1
Are you syncing time machine backups to your Synology NAS (wirelessly or wired via the LAN) or using Synology's backup software? I have an older Rackstation RS409 I believe and I haven't tried the time machine backups yet, via wireless, with my laptops.
Have the folks at Synology ever gotten around to adding HFS+ support over USB?
Finally, I would also recommend looking at Arq 3 and Amazon Glacier. While Glacier is slow it is also very cheap and probably the most reliable of the services.
"Slow" is an understatement. We've taken to calling it Amazon Glacier.
Finally, while having a clone of your main drive is nice, I think everyone using a Mac should have a Time Machine backup. The problem with a clone is it will be out of date depending on when you last did the clone and how much things have changed since then. It will then be up to the user to restore the clone and get it up to date using whatever other services the user has in place.
I would go so far to stay the only time a cloned drive approach is better than Time Machine is if you find yourself in a situation where your boot drive has failed and for some reason you are in a rush to get your system back and in a usable state. Even here, because the clone could be somewhat out of date, it might not immediately get you up and running.
In addition to being bootable now, a cloned drive also allows you to back out a problematic OS or application upgrade (provided you cloned the drive before you started).
Dupplica Online Backup is very cheap in price and offers pretty simple setup. My backup has Time Machine back up to Time Capsule, and Dupplica backs up my 6TB drive, since they allow external drive backups.
The greatest feature of Dupplica is that I have many computers at home, and they all come under the same subscription of $24 /year. My iMac server using Dupplica for free since its mapped to my computer.
I am using only 6 computers under this subscription, so I decided to add my mothers computer back in Minnesota and its under the same subscription..
With Dupplica I get 10 computers under the same subscription ( unlimited storage or file size)
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