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When the Chip Hits the Fan WHEN THE CHIP HITS THE FAN Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus MacMania 17: June 13-23, 2014 When the Chip Hits the Fan WHEN THE CHIP HITS THE FAN There are only two kinds of computer users: Those who have lost data in a crash, and those who will... — Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh © 1989 Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus There are only two kinds of computer users: Those who have lost data in a crash, and those who will... — Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh ©1989 Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus I wrote those words in my first book, Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh, way back in 1989 and they’re still When the Chip Hits the Fan THE PLAN: - Overview of strategic issues and individual needs - Why at least one backup has to be stored offsite - Why “clone” backups are different and why they’re awesome - Time Machine/Time Capsule - Third-party backup and cloning software - About backup disks - Backup-to-the-cloud services - Q & A Here’s the plan: - Overview of strategic issues and individual needs - Why at least one backup has to be stored osite - Why “clone” backups are dierent and why they’re awesome - Time Machine/Time Capsule - Third-party backup and cloning software - About backup disks - Backup-to-the-cloud services - Q & A
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When the Chip Hits the Fan

WHEN THE CHIP HITS THE FAN

Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus

MacMania 17: June 13-23, 2014

When the Chip Hits the Fan

WHEN THE CHIP HITS THE FANThere are only two kinds of computer users:

Those who have lost data in a crash, and those who will... !!

— Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh ©1989 Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus

There are only two kinds of computer users: Those who have lost data in a crash, and those who will... !!— Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh ©1989 Bob “Dr. Mac” LeVitus !I wrote those words in my first book, Dr. Macintosh: Tips, Techniques and Advice on Mastering the Macintosh, way back in 1989 and they’re still

When the Chip Hits the Fan

THE PLAN:- Overview of strategic issues and individual needs

- Why at least one backup has to be stored offsite

- Why “clone” backups are different and why they’re awesome

- Time Machine/Time Capsule

- Third-party backup and cloning software

- About backup disks

- Backup-to-the-cloud services

- Q & A

Here’s the plan: ! - Overview of strategic issues and individual needs - Why at least one backup has to be stored offsite - Why “clone” backups are different and why they’re awesome - Time Machine/Time Capsule - Third-party backup and cloning software - About backup disks - Backup-to-the-cloud services - Q & A

When the Chip Hits the Fan

STRATEGIC ISSUES

- Is all your data on a single hard disk?

- How much data can you afford to lose?

- How many separate backups do you need?

- How quickly do you need to be back at work after a catastrophe?

- What’s your budget?

- Is all your data on a single hard disk? Or spread across two or more (like me). - How much data can you

afford to lose? (Drivesavers) - How many separate backups do you need? (The wonderfulness of redundancy.) - How quickly do you need to be back at work after a catastrophe? (Clones are awesome.) - What’s your budget?

When the Chip Hits the Fan

OFFSITE BACKUP(S)

- What if…

- Just do it.

- What if… Your home office were vaporized by vulcans or… - Just do it.

When the Chip Hits the Fan

TIME MACHINE/TIME CAPSULE

- Good first line of defense

- Or not

- Why I recommend Time Machine

- Why I don’t recommend Time Machine as your only backup

- Good first line of defense. - Or not. - Why I recommend Time Machine - Why I don’t recommend using Time Machine as your only backup

When the Chip Hits the Fan

CLONING

- it’s not just for sheep anymore…

- Why a clone can save your bacon(and why I create one automatically every night)

- it’s not just for sheep anymore… -Why a clone can save your

bacon(and why I create one automatically every night)

When the Chip Hits the Fan

THIRD-PARTY SOFTWARE

- CrashPlan

- SuperDuper (or Carbon Copy Cloner)

- ChronoSync

From: CrashPlan [email protected]: CrashPlan Backup Report

Date: June 10, 2014 at 8:11 AMTo: [email protected]

Support My Account

Reporting period: June 7, 2014 - June 10, 2014

Backup Status Report

Source → Target Selected Files BackedUp %

LastCompleted

LastActivity

MacBook The Knife XIII → AnotherCrashPlan Cont... 225.9GB ↑1.2GB 589k ↑1k 100.0% 5.4 hrs 5.4 hrs

MacBook The Knife XIII → CrashPlanCentral 225.9GB ↑1.2GB 589k ↑1k 100.0% 5.5 hrs 5.5 hrs

This is a message from Code 42 Software, Inc.1 Main St SE, #400, Minneapolis, MN 55414 USA© 2013 Code 42 Software, Inc. All rights reserved.

From: Bob LeVitus [email protected]: ChronoSync Notification (w/Errors)

Date: May 21, 2014 at 11:15 AMTo: Bob LeVitus [email protected]

[2014-05-21 11:15:14 -0500] WARNING: 1 errors occurred during the synchronization.... 'Scheduled: Bug Spray to Storage I' has finished.

- CrashPlan (Click for Backup Status Report) -SuperDuper (or Carbon Copy

Cloner) -ChronoSync (Click for Notification)

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- All the others

CrashPlan All the others

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REDUNDANCY ISN’T BAD- My disks - BootsMBP (1TB SSD) - Machine of Time 2TB - Storage I 4TB - Storage II 4TB - Audio & iTunes 3TB - Bob's Big Boy for

CrashPlan 2TB - Bug Spray Thunder 4TB

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