Comments on: The dataPod - The Apple Product I Really Want! http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/ 365 Days Of My Experience With Apple As A Switcher Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:47:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: Enda Crowley http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-985 Enda Crowley Sun, 13 May 2007 22:12:50 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-985 Hello-hello! Long time reader, first time commenter! I'd buy 5 of those in a heart-beat and put them all over the place so that I'd always backup, seriously, they should so make one... would it be hard to do that to an 80GB iPod and a new APEX router? ... it wouldn't be very portable though, what with the router power-brick and all... One of these days, hopefully! Hello-hello!

Long time reader, first time commenter!

I’d buy 5 of those in a heart-beat and put them all over the place so that I’d always backup, seriously, they should so make one… would it be hard to do that to an 80GB iPod and a new APEX router? … it wouldn’t be very portable though, what with the router power-brick and all…

One of these days, hopefully!

]]> By: John http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-986 John Sun, 13 May 2007 23:15:46 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-986 You can do this already with .Mac and an internet connection. I do this a lot. I keep some small, critical files on the backup folder on my .Mac account. For more general backup I think WiFi is too slow. To backup my mail and some of the projects I'm working on takes a few gigabytes. For that I use a FW800 HD which backs this up in a minute or two. You can do this already with .Mac and an internet connection. I do this a lot. I keep some small, critical files on the backup folder on my .Mac account.

For more general backup I think WiFi is too slow. To backup my mail and some of the projects I’m working on takes a few gigabytes. For that I use a FW800 HD which backs this up in a minute or two.

]]> By: Mark http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-1000 Mark Mon, 14 May 2007 20:15:52 +0000 http://www.keynote2keynote.com/2007/05/13/the-datapod-the-apple-product-i-really-want/#comment-1000 It's worth pointing out the advantages of the 'rsync' command for performing backups. It's relatively simple to create a script to backup files anywhere locally (e.g. mounted drives) or remotely (over SSH). And the best bit about rsync is that it only syncs changes each time so it's efficient. I use several rsync scripts to backup to USB/FW drives and my NAS. One other thing worth covering is encrypted disk images, which you can create in Disk Utility. I use a few of these to hold my most sensitive data, so that if my MBP gets stolen, nobody can get at these files unless they know my password. I use both together for my backups, and rsync to locally-mounted encrypted disk images :-) It’s worth pointing out the advantages of the ‘rsync’ command for performing backups. It’s relatively simple to create a script to backup files anywhere locally (e.g. mounted drives) or remotely (over SSH). And the best bit about rsync is that it only syncs changes each time so it’s efficient. I use several rsync scripts to backup to USB/FW drives and my NAS.

One other thing worth covering is encrypted disk images, which you can create in Disk Utility. I use a few of these to hold my most sensitive data, so that if my MBP gets stolen, nobody can get at these files unless they know my password.

I use both together for my backups, and rsync to locally-mounted encrypted disk images :-)

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