Take control of backing up your Mac

Table of Contents......Page 2
Updates......Page 5
Basics......Page 6
What’s New in This Book......Page 7
Finding the Online Appendixes......Page 8
Introduction......Page 9
Mac Backups Quick Start......Page 12
Understand Joe’s Basic Backup Strategy......Page 14
Why Create Versioned Backups?......Page 16
Why Create Bootable Duplicates?......Page 18
Why Use an External Hard Drive?......Page 20
Why Automate Backups?......Page 21
Why Keep Multiple Backups?......Page 23
Why Store Backups Offsite?......Page 24
Reassess Your Backup Strategy......Page 26
What’s New in the World of Backups......Page 27
Factors to Reevaluate......Page 34
Decide If Time Machine Is Right for You......Page 37
Explore Backup Software Features......Page 40
Choose Another Versioned Backup Program......Page 48
Decide on Capacity......Page 55
Choose an Interface (or Several)......Page 59
Consider Other Factors......Page 61
Decide Whether to Buy a Time Capsule......Page 62
Find a Good Deal on Hard Drives......Page 66
Choose a Partition Map Scheme......Page 68
Decide How Many Partitions to Make......Page 71
Configure Your Drive......Page 72
Choose Local or Network Backups......Page 75
Configure and Use Time Machine......Page 79
Choose a Destination......Page 80
Exclude Files from Time Machine......Page 81
Restore Data with Time Machine......Page 88
Delete Files from a Time Machine Backup......Page 101
Encrypt Your Time Machine Backup......Page 102
Use a Single Backup Disk with Multiple Macs......Page 104
Use Multiple Backup Disks with a Single Mac......Page 106
Manage Your Time Machine Schedule......Page 107
Migrate to a Larger Time Machine Disk......Page 110
Avoid (or Solve) Time Machine Problems......Page 113
Live Dangerously: Hack Time Machine......Page 121
ChronoSync Tips......Page 124
CrashPlan Tips......Page 125
QRecall Tips......Page 127
Retrospect Tips......Page 128
Synk Tips......Page 129
Test Your Versioned Backup......Page 131
Set Ownership on the Destination Volume......Page 133
Create a Duplicate with SuperDuper......Page 134
Create a Duplicate with Carbon Copy Cloner......Page 135
Test Your Duplicate......Page 137
What to Do When Your Disks Fill Up......Page 138
Use an Extra Hard Drive......Page 141
Use an Internet Backup Service......Page 142
Use an Offsite Time Machine Service......Page 148
Restore Individual Files......Page 151
Use Your Bootable Duplicate......Page 152
Restore a Disk from a Bootable Duplicate......Page 153
Digital Photos......Page 155
Dealing with Huge Volumes of Data......Page 160
Version Control......Page 166
Backing Up a Small Network......Page 171
Backing Up While on the Road......Page 174
Windows Files and Volumes......Page 179
Alternative Hard Drive Options......Page 188
RAIDs and RAID-like Tech......Page 194
Network Storage Devices......Page 199
Local Network Servers......Page 201
Hardware You (Probably) Shouldn’t Consider and Why......Page 202
About the Author......Page 204
Shameless Plug......Page 205
About the Publisher......Page 206
Copyright and Fine Print......Page 207
Featured Titles......Page 208
CrashPlan Coupon......Page 209
Data Backup Coupon......Page 210