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

[andrew bellak]

Another friend has mentioned Solid State Drives (SSD) as a possibility for
the manual backup (instead of a regular external hard drive or tapes) but
that this technology Œmay not be there yet¹ in terms of price.  For example,
OCZ makes a 128GB unit available for $523 with 1.5MM hour life span, a 250GB
unit should be available soon.  It looks like an internal drive but even if
so, can it be used as an external drive?

Andrew Bellak
Registered Investment Advisor - SRI specialist
andrew at StakeholdersCapital.com
(m) 646-552-5783

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On 9/27/08 12:05 PM, "Joseph Steig" <joseph at steig.com> wrote:

> I love Mozy.com. Strong recommendation.
> 
> Have it on a PC and a Mac with the HOME version on both. Very nice. And it's
> OFF-SITE backup which is critical. And it works in the BACKGROUND which is
> critical. And it works when I'm traveling, which is a lot these days.
> 
> Just today I over-wrote a file I needed very badly. In a snap, got it back.
> 
> It may take you WEEKS for the initial backup to be created (backed up many
> gigs of data to a remote server takes a long time!). But once that happens,
> everything flows quickly and in the background.
> 
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> 
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Will Loving
> <will at dedicationtechnologies.com> wrote:
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>> 
>> 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 "Save Attachments"
>> folder, which I'm guessing it is. I've been using Entourage for many years
>> and before that Claris Emailer which I imported into Entourage when I
>> switched. My main "Database" file is just over 900MB and in my experience
>> I've 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 don't need, including those little 8k logo files that
>> people sometimes include in all their emails. If you do need something that's
>> 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
>> "Remove" 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 it's time to get serious about backing up data for my biz.  I'm running
>>> a 2008 Macbook with MS Office using Entourage for e-mail.  I want to back-up
>>> all my e-mails and select files.
>>> 
>>> I've 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 don't
>>> 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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