Backup

After installing the last Time Machine and Airport update my backup disk has become read-only. Attempts to change permissions fail since the Sharing and permission are grayed out

Why did you copy the files instead of using "tar" to backup the files? ...

I am running Mac OS X Tiger. A friend wants me to retrieve all of the data from an Address Book Backup sent her on a CD from abroad. Nothing I have done works! ...

I made a big backup with Time Machine for a few weeks and having a new mac, i would like Time Machine to continue incrementally making backups on that old one. ...

I have been using Apple Backup for quite awhile but all of a sudden I get the following error when scheduled backups are supposed to occur: "Begin backup at 2008-02-28 20:12:01.843 -0500 Scanning files... Acquired a destination for the backup. An internal application error has occurred. The disk archive could not be attached. End backup at 2008-02-28 20:12:09.213 -0500"...

I used Tri Backup to make a bbot copy of my MAC OS X Server 10.4. ...

Got the MyBook hooked up and working, and grabbed my backup DVDs. Brought the DVDs back out. Stuck in the first DVD, opened iTunes and began the backup. ...

When it comes to backups, you should have at least one backup stored locally and one stored remotely. ...

Today I wanted to do a backup of my drive onto a partition using Super Duper and it said it couldn't find MacintoshHD and that if I had deleted it another way to hit Cancel. ...

I'm trying to figure out the best way to make this transition, while continuing to backup my system "completely". I'm just not sure what's the right way to do it. ...