Apr 28, 2015
Recorded on April 21, 2015
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- Issues with G-Technology drives when
connected via Firewire.The issue is the Firewire bridge and
firmware.
"Around Nov. 2013, they began using a new bridge and the
issues are primarily with Time Machine. Time Machine will
backup to the drive once, then the drive will fall asleept and
won't remount, After a restart of the computer, the G-Tech drive it
will work again for another round of backups and then
fail."
This was observed by friend of the show, Tim Nyberg - http://www.themacguys.com and echoed by Joe
Saponare.
Final Note: There is no recourse with G-Technology
and the problem remains unresolved. When connected vis USB,
the drive performs as expected.
- Joe, Sam & Jerry all agree, Carbon Copy Cloner by Bombich.com is the "gold standard" among backup programs. Check out our interview with Mike Bombich, developer of Carbon Copy Cloner in show - 091 Interview With Mike Bombich From Bombich.com - Makers of "Carbon Copy Cloner"
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- Some other alternative products discussed, including Retrospect, and Bru - used in tape backup scenarios. Sam discussed first hand use of Bru from http://www.tolisgroup.com
- Joe and Jerry run private Crash Plan Proe Servers in their offices. Lively discussion on the pros and cons.
- Peter Krogh the author of The
DAM Book Digital Asset Management for
Photographers
Original source for the 3-2-1 Backup method and concept.
- Joe fondly recalls backing up mac OS System 7 to floppies and Jerry reminisces about Zip Disks invented by Iomega.
- Followup discussion about - Using Carbon Copy Cloner to create a bootable backup to another Macintosh on your network or remote : http://bombich.com/kb/ccc4/using-carbon-copy-cloner-back-up-another-macintosh-on-your-network