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Originally Posted by Gregg Bell
Thanks eschwatz. That was super-helpful.
So, say I combine my two Documents folders (one from each computer) into the Copy folder. Then I have all my documents there combined in my Copy folder. Then I delete (or 'cut and paste,' whatever) my Document folders that are not in the Copy folder on both computers?
If so, that makes me nervous. What if Copy.com screws up? Their TOS is all about 'we are not responsible if you lose data.'
Do you think it's safe?
I like the idea. No, I love the idea of having everything in the Copy folder. It's like having both computers in one place. But it's scary.
Do you think rsync and stuff like Deja Dup are over my head or more than I need?
And for back-up are there any that are free and simple (or maybe I should just stay with Copy.com)?
Here's all these Linux backup things:
http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20...03/Backup.html
One of them should work, don't you think? |
Anything on this list should be good:
http://www.nuxified.org/blog/easy-li...-functionality
Keep in mind -- bash-scripting solutions may not be worth the time to deal with, not everyone is required to have command-line foo. But if you can, it gives a heck of a lot of control.
You will probably feel better with a pre-packaged GUI.
Backups are always good. They cannot hurt, and may help.
Having multiple methods is good, you can use Copy.com/Dropbox/SpiderOak/others to make your files available everywhere, and preserved against sudden destruction... while at the same time using a program similar to Apple's Time Machine to protect yourself from accidental deletion/bad modifications, as well as insurance against Copy messing up.
Redundant backups are an important concept in keeping data safe from accidents, to wit, there is no such thing as redundant -- it is all useful.