Chapter . Back Up Your Files
Since your iDisk is always available as a network volume, and since its contents are inherently offsite, it holds an obvious attraction as a repository for backups. Apple even provides .Mac users with a free utility (imaginatively named Backup) to assist in this process.
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With the introduction of Time Machine as part of Leopard, using Backup or an iDisk (separately or together) for backup may not be a smart option anymore. In the pages that follow, I describe Backup in some detail, but first I help you decide if you should even use .Mac to meet your backup needs.
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When it comes to backups, I wrote the book—in fact, a couple of them. In Take Control of Mac OS X Backups I walk you through developing and implementing ...
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