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…Why Don’t I Back That Thing Up?!
I’m just trying to tell you, I do a lot of development on my laptop and have a lot of Photoshop files, code, etc. for my client’s web sites and other applications I have developed for Fruitful Solutions. I also have a ton of music in my iTunes music library. I have e-mails from clients that I need to hang on to and other important things that matter to me and I feel like I need to back this stuff up. Before I go on, if you have data, you need to be backing that stuff up. And here we go…
I have been backing up my MacBook to a USB 2.0 IDE drive cage with a 120GB Western Digital drive in it for a few months now using an application called Personal Backup X4 from Intego. This application has everything I was looking for in a backup solution.
I currently do what the software calls Synchronizing. Basically, it is an incremental backup. The first time you run the script, it performs a full backup. Then each run after that it only backs up any files that have been added or modified since the last synchronization and will also delete any files that are no longer on the source disk from the disk you’re backing up to.
You can also create disk images, archives, and even make bootable copies of your harddrive with this software. Like I said, I have been using this software for a while now and love it. I like knowing that my data is backed up and that I can customize my backup job with little to no effort using the intuitive interface Personal Backup provides.
If you’re looking for an inexpensive ($69.95) commercial backup solution for your Mac, I highly recommend you give Personal Backup a try. There is a free trial available for those of you who like to try before you buy. If you try this application, I can almost guarantee you will be impressed with its ease of use and feature set. Of course, I say “almost guarantee” because some people just can’t be pleased and then some don’t want to pay any kind of money for software these days. Hasn’t FOSS just spoiled us all?!
Until next time…
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