Back-Up My Hard Drive w/ iSync
Hey, I have a general question and would appreciate your help if you know how!
I have an external Firewire Hard Drive that I'd like to use as a Back-up to my iBook hard drive. Ideally I'd like to use iSync to synchronize files that I added, edit or delete from my laptop so that I always have a current back-up incase my laptop crashes.
Does anyone know if I can do this with iSync.
If not, is there any other program that I could do this with?
THANKS!
I have an external Firewire Hard Drive that I'd like to use as a Back-up to my iBook hard drive. Ideally I'd like to use iSync to synchronize files that I added, edit or delete from my laptop so that I always have a current back-up incase my laptop crashes.
Does anyone know if I can do this with iSync.
If not, is there any other program that I could do this with?
THANKS!
Comments
2nd... why don't you look into .Mac? the backup utility that comes with it will do exactly what you are looking for... but i don't think iSync is capable of it
check it out
www.mac.com
If you want to pay APPLE $100 for a year service that doesn't include internet, just storage then you can back up to your external hard drive.
Personally for $100 I'd rather by an MP3 player or an external hard drive.
But then I'm stuck again trying to back up my 50GB of hard drive information and no easy way...
But anyway it will help you backup ur iBook.
Regards
Hey, I have a general question and would appreciate your help if you know how!
I have an external Firewire Hard Drive that I'd like to use as a Back-up to my iBook hard drive. Ideally I'd like to use iSync to synchronize files that I added, edit or delete from my laptop so that I always have a current back-up incase my laptop crashes.
Does anyone know if I can do this with iSync.
If not, is there any other program that I could do this with?
THANKS!
"so that I always have a current back-up"
What's wrong with Time Machine? It's part of OSX and does an excellent job.
Connect that external HD. Fire up Time Machine, configure, activate, and it will make a new base backup file. That may take some time, this one time.
After that, every time you connect that external HD and click Time Machine's "Back up now", in the menubar, it makes an incremental backup. Takes only a few minutes.
Of course if you would use Time Capsule you wouldn't even have to do that. It would all be wireless and hands-off.