[Hidden-tech] Back-up for macbook online, cloud, etc.

[Will Loving]

Andrew,

I would strongly suggest that you take a close look at your Microsoft User
Data folder and see if the bulk of that 96GB is in the ³Save Attachments²
folder, which I¹m guessing it is. I¹ve been using Entourage for many years
and before that Claris Emailer which I imported into Entourage when I
switched. My main ³Database² file is just over 900MB and in my experience
I¹ve only seen one or two other people that had one that large UNLESS they
never emptied they had thousands of old messages in their Deleted Items,
Junk folders or Inbox (I limit my InBox to 25-50 messages having disciplined
myself to perform daily triage on it.)

The other discipline I recommend to people is to ALWAYS delete or remove
attachments that you don¹t need, including those little 8k logo files that
people sometimes include in all their emails. If you do need something
that¹s an attachment, create a folder in the Finder for the
client/project/topic, drag the attachment to it (it will make a copy in the
folder) and then ³Remove² it from the email. Most attachments are of short
term use and keeping them attached to the email just means they sitting in
your Saved Attachments folder taking up space for years to come.

Will

Will Loving, President
Dedication Technologies, Inc.


on 9/25/08 11:07 PM, andrew bellak at andrew at stakeholdersinc.com wrote:

> 
> Well it¹s time to get serious about backing up data for my biz.  I¹m running a
> 2008 Macbook with MS Office using Entourage for e-mail.  I want to back-up all
> my e-mails and select files.
> 
> I¹ve looked into Mobile Me by Apple.  It seems really cool if you want to sync
> your Macbook, iPhone, and/or iPod but costs a fair amount per GB data,
> $99/year for only 20GB, $49 next 20GB or $99 for 40GB extra.
> 
> My Entourage files alone = 96GB.
> 
> Alternatively, MozyHome for Mac only charges $4.95/month per computer for
> UNLIMITED STORAGE.  Even though I plan to use it for business, they don¹t
> offer a business option for Mac at this time.  MozyPro is only for PC.
> 
> On a related note, thanks to the great, recent thread on CRM, I may use
> Salesforce.com in which case, much data will be stored on Salesforce servers.
> 
> Now when I have a website built, I know that will need to be hosted on a
> server somewhere and perhaps that could also be a source for another place to
> back-up data.
> 
> Thanks in advance for any tips.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Andrew
> 
> Andrew Bellak
> Registered Investment Advisor - SRI specialist
> andrew at StakeholdersCapital.com
> (m) 646-552-5783
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William M. Loving
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