I use an app called SYNC FOLDERS which is handy but there are wads of apps available that provide automated backup. I don't use the native backup in the mac os, instead I just use a separate drive, with a automated copy/sync. In the even of a drive failure, I just switch to working from the backup and order another drive
I don't copy back and forth really, just synch a backup so it just adds or deletes the files that changed. Not the entire disk/directory. It's transparent so zero hassle
I don't use time machine simply because the files are no longer directly accessible and require a restoration process which is the last thing I want to wait on under a deadline on a given project.
Oddly, I"ve noticed some folks actually time machine backup to the
same disk they are booting/working from which is entirely
pointless for protecting against hardware failure. If the drive goes, your backup would go with it. Yet, people.....
But time machine is handy for handling backups in the background and provided it's done an external drive it's more than fine for most. Whatever works right?
Todd
QUOTE (wrk @ Feb 10 2014, 03:47 AM)
How do you synchronise your production and backup disks, do you have it scheduled somehow or is manually manageable for your use?
I’m in lesser need of storage space now as i used to need when i was doing photo retouch work in the fashion industry. It was always a hassle to copy huge amount of data back and forth and keep it synchronised and backuped. I work mainly on macs and Time Machine does the job just fine.
A co-worker of mine is having one of these Pegasus-Thunderbold RAIDs .. out of my budget and needs, but the performance is just impressive
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