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molarszbt18 · Dec 24, 2006, 11:35 PM

Hey,
What do you guys use as a replacement to .mac? Or what about backup software? Retrospect?

turtle777 · Dec 25, 2006, 01:14 AM

Dreamhost.com

220GB. Backing up my DivX collection right now.
All my Documents, Pics and Music are already backed up.

Using rsync via cron, running every week or so.

-t

mac128k-1984 · Dec 25, 2006, 08:05 AM

I also use dreamhost. I like the idea of having my own domain with a ton of space. The ability to create as many email addresses as I see fit.

Peter · Dec 25, 2006, 09:44 AM

not retrospect.
SuperDuper.

turtle777 · Dec 25, 2006, 10:38 AM

Retrospect is so counterintuitiv. Don't like it.

I tried SuperDuper a while ago, but it wasn't stable back then.

Cron jobs running rsync (incrementally) via SSH is all I need.

-t

molarszbt18 · Dec 25, 2006, 10:48 AM

Problem with a cron job is that if there is something you want to back up that piece of software can not be running. With the .mac software "backup" it will back up everything regardless if something is running. I know retrospect has no issues with this either.

Salty · Dec 25, 2006, 10:50 AM

I have an automator script that I run about every month or so. Actually I should run it today since I'm not doing anything.

turtle777 · Dec 25, 2006, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by molarszbt18

Problem with a cron job is that if there is something you want to back up that piece of software can not be running. With the .mac software "backup" it will back up everything regardless if something is running. I know retrospect has no issues with this either.

That's what the terminal is for.

rsync -PbRrzt --ignore-errors --bwlimit=20 --hfs-mode=appledouble --backup-dir=~/backup/archive/ ~/Documents/ login@mydomain.net:backup/

incremental backup
old versions are archived
set bandwidth limit to not max out your internet connection

You can point it to any directory or file.

Use pico .alias to create a shortcut.

-t

Cadaver · Dec 26, 2006, 08:23 PM

I use .Mac Backup (for smaller items like Address Book, iCal, iTunes playlists, Mail's mboxes and other small data items, and SuperDuper to make a daily mirror of my main HD. I need to buy another large HD (like a single 750GB mechanism) to act as a backup device to my main data storage drive (a 640GB RAID 1).

I find Apple's Backup to be quick and convenient for small items... like if I screw up my Address Book, its easy to restore with Backup - I don't have to go hunting for the data files, restore them to the right place, etc. Backup just does it for me. One of the (several) reasons I keep my .Mac account.

molarszbt18 · Dec 26, 2006, 08:49 PM

Why not use another mac to do the whole drive back up with disk utility?

Eug Wanker · Dec 26, 2006, 10:13 PM

Dreamhost is what I use too. Note though that while it's inexpensive, you get what you pay for.