Backup Solution

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  1. askiboot, Jul 7, 2011

    askiboot macrumors newbie

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    Hi,

    I will be a freshman next year in college and I was wondering about a backup solution. Currently I have a Time Capsule that backs up all my data from my laptop as well as the other computers in my house. It works great and I love having the features of Time Machine. Unfortunately the college I'm attending doesn't let students bring in routers. They do offer a discounted backup service through crashplan.com, but I have read that it doesn't play nice with Time Machine. Is there another solution that works better?

    Thanks,
    Alex
     
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  2. gakuran hitori, Jul 7, 2011

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    Why not just get a cheap usb external hard drive to use with time machine?
     
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  3. askiboot, Jul 7, 2011

    askiboot thread starter macrumors newbie

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    That was my second plan. I was just wondering if there was a different wireless solution, which would be my preference.
     
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  4. blevins321, Jul 7, 2011

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    Unfortunately many devices may be blocked over the school's network. Many times, they'll block odd ports and prevent non-authenticating computers from accessing the network. USB would be faster than wireless, and you can just unplug it and leave it on your desk when you take your laptop with you.
     
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  5. flynz4, Jul 7, 2011

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    Time Machine and Crashplan work fine together. I back up all my machines to both... and it works great.

    The two are completely independent on each other. I use crashplan as my primary backup. I use Time Machine as my local backup... which is great if you need to restore quickly.

    /Jim
     
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