Applications :: Finding Best Online Backup For The Mac?
Jan 16, 2009
I'm currently looking into online backup solutons for my macbook. I intend to keep backups of all my photo's and home movies.
I've looked into and trialed the following
Mozy - The upload to the web feature worked fine, but when i tried to restore a few files it took ages. It took nearly 4 hours to download a 700mb file which had uploaded in less than 10 minutes. My broadband is cable and is 10mb so i am able to achieve a download speed of around 1mb's
JungleDisk - I really really wanted to try this as the pricing was great and the service looked fantastic. However, seeing as i'm in the UK and don't have a credit card i am unable to persue this any further. FOr some reason Amazon S3 don't accept visa debit cards.
Dropbox - I love this service, however I fully understand that this is a syncing service and not a backup service. If i was able to only upload documents and not have them automatically download to my other machine's or work machine then that would be great.
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Sep 16, 2010
I'm investigating some online backup solutions for use with my aperture vaults etc.
Do any of you use Wuala ? What do you think of it?
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Oct 15, 2009
So i dont have an external hd, but i want to clean install SL. Would it be a good idea to sign up for a free trial for an online storage site, do the backup, clean install sl, and then put my stuff back on and then cancel the trial? Would this work or is there some hidden bs i am missing. i dont want my card charged and it sayd 15 day trial.
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Mar 2, 2009
I am looking for the best online photo backup service available. We will have around 60GB photos to start.
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Apr 11, 2009
I am looking for a free online backup service to back up about 2Gb od files. I use Mozy on my MBP. But their free service is only for one computer. So I am looking for another company for my MacPro. I tried idrive but they seem to have problems.
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Dec 5, 2009
Just wondering if many people use online hard drive back-ups, and if so which one?
I was looking at the iDrive pro package which is $4.95 a month for 150gb.
Are there any options that allow a one touch whole HD backup?
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Sep 11, 2010
Does anyone have any recommendations on an online backup service. I do have a backup external drive that backups my iMac but I am really thinking about paying for an online service. I think I will feel more secure knowing that if something happens to my computer all my data is replaceable.
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Oct 6, 2009
I am searching for a solution that automatically takes incremental backups of my data, so that I stay assured of data stored at the secured data centers without having worry of loosing it. I was thinking about online backup. Will that be reliable?
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Aug 14, 2010
I just sighed up for a iDrive account and it's looking good so far, what are others here using for online back up?
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Sep 19, 2006
now that we know the movies have been selling well, how many are you buying?
...still debating which format to go with in this crazy hddvd/downloadable future.
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Sep 2, 2010
I am trying to back up my 2TB HD (27" iMac Quad i7) to an external 2 TB hard disk.
it is taking an eternity... really.
time machine took 36 hours and only did 1TB. of data (no program or other files)
Carbon Copy Cloner so far has taken over 25 hours and not even done 900 GB yet... (though it is making a bootable copy of everything even system and apps.)
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Jan 27, 2009
The problem is I can't find a program that backs up this library automatic without copying the entire library... It's obvious in only need to copy the new songs to the network drive, overwrite the changed one's and delete the one's i removed from my original library.
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Apr 3, 2010
I have a MBP and a Time Capsule, but I also am considering an online backup service (in case of theft).
I would look at Mobile Me but I have circa 50GB of photo's and video's to back up and so there is not enough space.
I have had a look at IDrive which gives 150GB for $5 a month however i'm not sure whether it would affect Time Capsule as it also appears to back up files that have changed.
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May 22, 2010
I'm looking for an online backup service at around $5 a month, where I can backup my Aperture library (50+ GB).So far I've tried these - and I don't like them...Mozy: It's all good, until restore. Then it sucks.Backblaze: Exclusion-based backup. Really cumbersome to exclude all folders on my Mac when I only need Aperture library to be backed up...iDrive: Bandwidth throttling doesn't work, they call it "auto-pause" and even while set to 25%, it still uploads with all my ADSL connection can do - making surfing terrible.
Keepit: No bandwidth throttle at all. Crashplan: Too much "in the background" - no menubar icon or anything else to keep an eye on. The app doesn't feel Mac native at all, I guess it's in java (I can live with it, but it makes me feel like they only do a Mac version so they can say "Mac's supported"). Carbonite: I've heard it's pretty bad, so I haven't tested it yet.So far Crashplan is my preferred choice but it's not one I'm happy with. I'll have to see how it does with a 50gb backup/restore process first though,
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Dec 4, 2009
I was curious what others are using as backup solutions to backup medium-sized Mac networks (17-25 Macs on a network)?
I had been using Retrospect 6 since the early 1990's, and it was absolutely wonderful and a delight to use. But the new Retrospect 8 � which I have been trying to use unsuccessfully for almost a year now � is just horrible. The product changed hands several times and has a new set of programmers, and the product has literally thousands of bugs and is completely unreliable. Retrospect 8 may very well be the worst piece of Macintosh software that I have EVER used in 17 years of business. If you check the Retrospect 8 forums, you will see that I am far from alone on this opinion!
So, Retrospect is no longer a viable option anymore as backup software.
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Jun 4, 2012
What does anyone think of Backblaze for online backup? Currently running Lion on a Mac Mini, & backing up regularly to an external drive, but if something happens at home. From what I see about Backblaze, the fact that they're very Mac-oriented is very inciting! (Former Mac people they say!) So, assuming that an online / offsite backup is a good idea - is Backblaze the way to go? Or one of the others?
Info:
Mac mini, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
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Jun 20, 2012
an online back up service for an iMac OS X 10.4.11? Is there such a thing out there for this OS?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.4.11)
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Apr 10, 2010
I am trying to create a online radio station! I am going to do this on my macbook. I want some kind of program that will broadcast my audio, a online radio station. I want it to be free. Now I am a mac person. I have looked around and I can't see to figure out how to do this! I am going to play a playlist and also I want to have some kind of internet phone line. That can be in a different program. I am want to have a internet radio station where I can have on playlist playing and looping and I will drag in a recording of the person who called. I want it all to be free. Also I need to find some kind of plugin that will only play the audio output of itunes, that is where my playlist will be.
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Mar 24, 2009
Been trying different online backup programs, but hit a glitch when installing programs.SafeCopy gives me an - Install Failed - The Installer could not write the receipt for "safecopyPostflight".I also get a could not write Receipt Error, when I try to install Carbonite.I called Tech Support for both companies, they had others that had same problems, but other than wipe the drive and start with a fresh OS X install, offered no solution.
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Jun 6, 2009
Having a Time machine backup is all good and such - but it's all in one location, so if something like a fire were to strike at home.. Well, both copies would be gone. So I'm looking for a solution to backup my large iPhoto library - I've searched on this forum and on Google and didn't really come up with a solution.. Anyone have any ideas? I'm aware the inital backup will take forever, but it'll be much quicker afterwards..
Price isn't an issue - but rather, if I need to retrive my data, I don't want to be paying out of the nose..
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Mar 27, 2012
Going traveling and need to have photos files etc safely stored at the end of every day in case my Mac goes astray. I'm overwhelmed with software learning and forgetful so want super simple and automatic if possible.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
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Oct 11, 2010
This is the video:
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Its not on a big site site like Youtube so I can't use [URL] or [URL] because they don't work. any free program that allows me to save this video on a .mov or .mp4 format? (not flv)
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Sep 21, 2010
i have 3 Macs running Mac OS X (10.2.8).
I need to schedule regular backups.
Does this OS come with any backup software (I couldn't find any).
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Dec 25, 2010
I will be starting my own business soon, providing various IT aspects for the SME market (up to 100 employees) anything ranging from technical support, to SEO and basic web design / development, including branding. Just wondering what tools you use for your business and how you are getting on with them, could be apple apps or online tools. Normally, I am a Windows guy for "business" but only because I use MS for servers and so on.
This is what I have so far;
Freshbooks for accounting
Basecamp for project management
Evernote for receipts/ideas/snips of text
Drop box for backup / online storage of documents
Quicksilver
Skype
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Apr 20, 2008
Does anyone know of a good online faxing service ?that is reasonable in price.....?BTW, i only need to send out faxes and not receive at all...
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Aug 10, 2008
I will be starting my own business soon, providing various IT aspects for the SME market (up to 100 employees) anything ranging from technical support, to SEO and basic web design / development, including branding. Just wondering what tools you use for your business and how you are getting on with them, could be apple apps or online tools. Normally, I am a Windows guy for "business" but only because I use MS for servers and so on. Any info, really helpful. This is what I have so far;
Freshbooks for accounting
Basecamp for project management
Evernote for receipts/ideas/snips of text
Drop box for backup / online storage of documents
Quicksilver
Skype
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Apr 18, 2009
Is there a way in mac OS X, either by a third party app, or something, that would let me listen to online radio stations? Either a safari or firefox plugin?
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Apr 13, 2010
Since today, I cant login with any online messenger out there. I tried the whole lot, about 10 or so. They al can't seem to make a connection with the internet.
Internet seems to be working fine though, since transmission, limewire and firefox are all up and running.
I'm currently using eBuddy for the time being, but I'd really like a solution for my problem. I've deleted some preference files, but this didn't change anything.
P.S.: If you were to spot some faults/incorrections in this post, please notify, I'm Dutch and would love to improve my language skills.
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Apr 19, 2010
Has anyone used this software? If so how were your results and would you get rid of your cable for this? [URL]
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Feb 5, 2009
I'm running an iMac (one of the all-white, 1.83 GHz C2D machines, with 512MB RAM) and i've noticed in recent months it's become outrageously slow, i have no idea why but it's just horrendous.
I'd really like to start afresh with a clean install of Leopard, but only if it will make a difference. Currently i'm finding that even with 2 apps open (eg Mail and Safari) there is serious lag now and again, and sometimes things lock up completely. Is this just a bloated OSX install or signs the computer is dying?
Anyway, i have a 180GB backup drive currently used for Time Machine, but if i reinstall then restore from that drive, won't it just restore all the bloat?
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