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Command Control Power • Apple Tech Support & Business Talk


Apr 28, 2015

Recorded on April 21, 2015

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TOPICS:

- 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"

- BackBlaze  - Online Backup Made Easy Unlimited data backup for your Mac or PC for just $5/month . Show sponsor and "gold standard" for online backup.

- 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