Backup

So, I'm evaluating two backup apps to backup some Mac workstations to a Mac OS X server. All of the Macs are now running Mac OS X 10.4. ...

so i cant test the various contenders but i have a mac customer who needs a good backup program. ...

backing up to iDisk. We're using 319MB of a 10GB iDisk account and are trying to backup about 7GB of photos and documents to iDisk. The backups fail and we get a message indicating Backup was unable to upload the . ...

I excluded folders.... but even after I have excluded everything it still requires more than 200GB and have done one backup now decides that the backup drive is full. ...

Make sure you have a backup of everything that you need from these systems. ...

I bet next time you will use a backup program after this. ...

One warning, use a Firewire drive and always do your initial backup via wired when using Time Capsule. I say this because the initial backup is HUGE and will take forever to do when going wireless. ...

My wife's MacBook hard drive crashed and, despite, my frequent reminders, she had no back up. I am searching for a backup strategy for her that she can't ignore. Is anyone happy with Time Capsule for scheduled back up use? ...

im am trying to connect to a netgear router with a mac book i can get online but only after i do a network diagnostic at which point it says network config has changed and lets me online i go into networksetting and lock settings but when i reset the mac it comes backup and says a problem occured when trying to connect to netgear does anyone know what i am doing wrong

I guess since he can't login, he probably won't be able to backup first. ...