Since Apple has integrated the iCloud I haven't backed up my macs anymore. Most important documents are iCloud or in the cloud of office, Apple Music is in iCloud, iCloud photos are also enabled. So, actually no need for me to back up anything via time machine
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How is everybody backing up their 2015/16 Macbook?
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Have they added versioning to iCloud now, so you can recover from user error (accidental deletions or overwrites) or file corruption?
Yes, unfortunately you do need to eject the drives to avoid the annoying pop-up. I wish Apple would create a hub that had a button to press when unplugging to automatically eject connected drives.
To be accurate, those are not really backups. They are additional copies, but they are prone to being deleted or corrupted with you having no recourse. Even Dropbox only gives you 30 days to restore files or versions of files with their standard and pro accounts. With the pro account you can pay an additional fee to extend that to a year, but that's still nothing like a real backup system, such as Crashplan, which keeps things indefinitely.
Like many here, I backup my Macbook wirelessly onto my Synology NAS using the built-in TimeMachine functionality.
Yes, I've experienced the same when first backing up my new iMac. This answer in the Ask Different forum was the solution to my problem.
Sorry folks, took me a few days to remember to do this at the same time that I was able to do so.
Running over 5GHz wifi with a Tx Rate in the 750-850Mbps range, I did a few tests with BlackMagic to a network share from my Synology ds216j. The NAS is on gigabit ether to my router (Netgear R6300v2). Individual results vary slightly but generally around 45MB/s read and write. I don't have a hardwired ethernet adapter yet so no wired test available.
I've been using an external hard drive connected to a RaspberryPi for some time now. Works well enough and it's a fun little project to set up for an afternoon
The only problem is the Pi's 100 Mbit Ethernet connection. Hopefully that will get better with the 4th gerneration. But that only really affects the initial backup for me, as the hourly backups are small enough.
The only problem is the Pi's 100 Mbit Ethernet connection. Hopefully that will get better with the 4th gerneration. But that only really affects the initial backup for me, as the hourly backups are small enough.
NAS with duplicate copy at brothers home.
Update with new files manually each week/month depending how important it is.
I did try time machine both with harddrive and Synology, Its great if I was working only from 1 harddrive (internal), however as I work with 1.2tb of data, or need relatively easy access to it, time machine becomes pointless i found.
Dropbox is still my go to for anything other than photos/videos.
Update with new files manually each week/month depending how important it is.
I did try time machine both with harddrive and Synology, Its great if I was working only from 1 harddrive (internal), however as I work with 1.2tb of data, or need relatively easy access to it, time machine becomes pointless i found.
Dropbox is still my go to for anything other than photos/videos.