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Posted by rod@drury.net.nz in Apple at 5:03 pm on Saturday, 19 April 2008
The TimeCapsule I ordered turned up today.
Setup was easy and now the Mac’s in the house are wirelessly backed up. Good for peace of mind.
Just a few years ago thinking you would have a terrabyte of storage in your house seemed a bit ridiculous.
What now seems ridiculous is that you can’t afford to offsite backup to your ISP. Backing up your home laptop to your home NAS seems to be only a small step along the reducing risk continuum.
I hope there is a seamless iPhoto Server coming soon. The hardware and network is in place for it.
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I’ve been backing up to Mozy (http://mozy.com) and it’s one of the best and cheapest investments I’ve made. Unlimited storage for $5 USD per month. The first backup can hurt on our sad and expensive NZ pipes. But after that it “just works” without me lifting a finger. PC, Mac, whatever. I can get my files from anywhere in the world at anytime. It’s called SAAS. Maybe you’ve heard of the term? :)
or Jungle Disk (www.jungledisk.com) = cheap storage from amazon’s S3 service using a tool provided by jungle disk
I suggest initial upload by drip feed given broadband constraints here in NZ!
see my review at http://www.gavinknight.com/2008/03/online-backup-services.html
or one of our local backup solutions
net24.co.nz offers online backup, and they have a deal with isp snap
that you can have unlimited backups with no hit on your broadband account
haven’t used it myself, but definitely worth a look