Apple Users frustrated over Lack of Online Backup Options
From Computerworld
Users of Apple Inc. computer systems have become increasingly frustrated in recent years due to a lack of products that can back up their data online.
(Shawn's Comment: I'm not "frustrated"? Are you?)
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Frustrated?
Nope.
Huh?
This is one of those rediculous stories that starts with a CRISIS HEADLINE, backs it up with the rantings of a couple of college students, then goes on to say not much of anything.
"I never had my data backed up, or worse, [the failed devices] were my backup. I ended up losing a lot of important stuff."
Wah, wah, wah! Make up your mind! Did you back up or not? If the failed devices were your backups, did the originals fail at the same time or did you just throw them in the back of the closet and spend the next 2 years forgetting to ever back up again? ;-)
"The failed systems also included a 60-gigabit Iomega Corp. drive" Giga-BITS? Get a clue! And replacing a hard drive based backup plan with an internet based one, especially for 10's of GBs of data, is probably wishful thinking.
No mention of .Mac in the article, or Retropect -- granted, not internet based, but relatively reliable. I do daily backups of my 160 GB Mac Book Pro internal HD (110 GB used) using Retrospect, and I just don't see the internet replacing that any time soon, so I guess I'm not one of the "frustrated" masses. While it would be nice to have someone else handle the hardware, any solution has tradeoffs -- limited space, monthly costs, transfer speed and reliability, not to mention how easy it is to restore your data when disaster strikes.
In the end, the weakest part of any backup plan, HD- or internet-based, is the person doing the backup. It doesn't require high-tech, high-bandwidth solutions, just the willingness to pay attention to what you're doing and above all, be consistant.
Oh my God, that is one of
Oh my God, that is one of the worst articles ever written. It makes absolutely no mention of .mac and the whole thing seems like an elongated ad for carbonite's service. I also love the straw man argument that presents online backups as good and drive backups as bad because you "have more to carry around". Please. Creating a fallacy just to support the crux of your stupid article that mac users are "frustrated". Em, no we're not.
I don't remember being asked
I don't remember being asked about my feelings, thank you very much. And, er... no... I never even worried about online backup options, so why would I be 'frustrated' by it.
Am I?
Not at all.
online backups - NEVER
I use external hard drives for my backups. Putting my personal and financial information under the control of a third party is just dumb. You don't know who is able to access it.