Am requesting an update on the most recent backup strategies. I am running Big Sur 11.7.6 on 2017 MacBook pro. My practice is relatively unsophisticated. When I make changes to a file, I duplicate it and save the dated duplicate named “copy” at the end of the day. That file goes to Dropbox. I am also running Time Machine. Are there slick software solutions?
Yes, I use Arq, https://www.arqbackup.com/. It is a cloud backup of my entire mac and individual directories. Saved my butt yesterday, I royally messed up a file (my fault) and was able to recover in last the 5 minutes and only lost about 20 min of work. It is simply AWESOME!!!
I have a large external hard drive which has two partitions on it. One partition is for my Time Machine backups, and the other is used by Carbon Copy Cloner, which makes a backup at 9pm every day. Time Machine is running all the time. In addition to those, I have a subscription to Backblaze.
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Thank you.
I start with the “3-2-1 rule”, then exceed it:
- Maintain three copies of your data, the original and two backups
- Have two copies on-site, the original and a backup drive
- Have one copy offsite.
- My original data are on my Mac.
- I have a set of Samsung T5s attached by a hub to my Mac, which Carbon Copy Cloner automatically update with my photos (one T5) and Document folder (second T5) whenever the Mac is attached to the Hub.
- The photos and Documents are also backed up to a Synology NAS device daily.
- The user data on the Mac is backed up to Backblaze continually.
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