Im already paying a lot for a VPS and ive got a spare 20gb or so on it which I would like to utilize for backups from my macbook.
I use time machine sometimes but i dont really like it. My main reason for not liking it is, I only own one Mac. If my mac died.. id be forced to immediately buy a new mac so i could recover my time machine. I have work in progress i need to access immediately. Also of course it saves to a local drive and if my computer + drive was lost I would be stuffed.
So ive been looking at offline backup solutions. Theres icloud but that just give 5gb free and im not sure if i can automate backup of essentials files (directories) to it. And I dont own ipads or smart phone and dont really want them either so id be paying extra for that functionality i dont need and i already have 20bg online storage available to me.
Ive got a dropbox account with 10gb included, but ive read about dropbox security issues before meaning anything i put there confidential id need to encrypt first. I have seen some terminal commands that can do this automatically and update overwrite stuff in dropbox. Im not really confident with terminal commands and having processing in background i cant visible see whats going on and turn of later if i wanted to.. something i might forget about or i might be on a slow connection somewhere and have to go into command line and turn the thing off. Not ideal
So im looking for a program or method to secure ftp a folder to my webserver automaticaly once per day or once per week would suffice. Im on a metered internet connection so if its uploading 20gb per day all my files and replacing them that will use up my isp allowance also.
Has anyone got any ideas for a solution for me? Am i missing something?
THanks
I use time machine sometimes but i dont really like it. My main reason for not liking it is, I only own one Mac. If my mac died.. id be forced to immediately buy a new mac so i could recover my time machine. I have work in progress i need to access immediately. Also of course it saves to a local drive and if my computer + drive was lost I would be stuffed.
So ive been looking at offline backup solutions. Theres icloud but that just give 5gb free and im not sure if i can automate backup of essentials files (directories) to it. And I dont own ipads or smart phone and dont really want them either so id be paying extra for that functionality i dont need and i already have 20bg online storage available to me.
Ive got a dropbox account with 10gb included, but ive read about dropbox security issues before meaning anything i put there confidential id need to encrypt first. I have seen some terminal commands that can do this automatically and update overwrite stuff in dropbox. Im not really confident with terminal commands and having processing in background i cant visible see whats going on and turn of later if i wanted to.. something i might forget about or i might be on a slow connection somewhere and have to go into command line and turn the thing off. Not ideal
So im looking for a program or method to secure ftp a folder to my webserver automaticaly once per day or once per week would suffice. Im on a metered internet connection so if its uploading 20gb per day all my files and replacing them that will use up my isp allowance also.
Has anyone got any ideas for a solution for me? Am i missing something?
THanks
