SyncToy is a free utility from Microsoft that runs on Windows XP and Windows Vista. The latest version is version 1.4 which was released in October 2006. At it’s basic level SyncToy allows the synchronization of two directories. In this article I’ll show how I’ve used it to schedule backups to an external drive. The [...]
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I’d been manually backing up my website whenever I did changes and I use the synchronize feature in Transmit to do it. Transmit is a FTP client for the Mac by Panic Software. Transmit remembers settings between sessions so it was easy enough to do this if the only synchronize I ever did was the [...]
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Updated Oct.23, 2007: Information on my latest backup strategy and tools now has it’s own page.
I wrote about various backup strategies I’ve had in the past but it’s time to update that and to do it in a smaller, concise article.
iMac Backup
My iMac, with a 500GB hard drive, is the only computer I have that [...]
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Today brought another story of a company having to redo most of a month’s work due to failed backups.
Business 2.0, a magazine that frequently reminds readers that they need to back up their data and compared it to…
…flossing - everyone know’s it’s important, but few devote enough thought or energy to it.
Their editorial system [...]
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In part one I covered my “formative years” where backups were little more than creating multiple copies of the files the best way I could. Since I always got my files back when I needed them I could claim it worked, but there was luck involved too. My move to using a Mac as [...]
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I seem to be slipping into a backup theme in pending posts, plus it’s time for me to adjust my backup strategy at home. So, I figured I’d write up my backup related history and biases. This is part 1, so that must mean there will at least be a part two. I’m hoping I [...]
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