In this article I present you an inexpensive yet reliable and easy-to-use solution for creating backups of your precious files on your Mac with a maximum of reliability, security and ease of use. I wrote this article because I got confused by the tutorials out there that left too many choices to me and/or made it clear that you cannot have a safe backup of your data without being nerdy about it.
If anything is unclear or if you think that I am simply wrong about something, please send me your feedback so that I can clarify, modify or change whatever causes trouble.
Last Update: June 21st, 2011.
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Backups are easy, secure, and reliable if they are fully automatic. SuperDuper! is not unless you configure it to be. In this article I will show you - following an advice given in its user’s manual - how easy it is to automate backups with SuperDuper!.
The set up is pretty easy: We start up or wake the computer at 6:29am and configure SuperDuper! to backup everything at 6:30am. I chose the early morning hours so that the moment I want to check my emails, I have my computer already running and completely backed up.
Since 6:20am might be a bit early for some of you, I highly recommend to use StartupSound.prefPane to lower the volume of the startup sound of your Mac without interfering with all other audio- and volume-settings. (I have included its configuration as part of this tutorial.)
Also, if you use Backblaze, check how to exclude the .bzvol-files so that not the external drive gets recognized as your main drive!
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Very interesting observation by James Fallows in The Atlantic on why Google phases out its Translate API.
Google is dropping an automatic-translation tool, because overuse by spam-bloggers is flooding the internet with sloppily translated text, which in turn is making computerized translation even sloppier.
Holly Matheson started a series of articles in which she will provide “valuable weekly tips to help you improve your blog.” I got mentioned in this week’s reading list, so go read it. And if this is not convincing enough, just read this paragraph and you will want to continue reading the whole article!
Fear is a leading inhibitor to blog success. Why? Because many of us are afraid of saying the wrong thing and being perceived in a negative light. Some of us have no idea what to say at all. As a result, there are countless blogs filled to the brim with reblogged content and outbound links, with no real indication of organization or originality.
Ever wanted to have a silent start of your Mac without having to turn the volume down on the whole system before the Mac starts? StartupSound.prefPane is here to help.
