Full Disk Restore from Time Machine Backups - Over the Network
Turns out Time Machine is not just for accidentally deleted files – it works great for restoring a Mac from bare metal, too. Even over the network.
Turns out Time Machine is not just for accidentally deleted files – it works great for restoring a Mac from bare metal, too. Even over the network.
The folks at JungleDisk released version 2.0 Monday. This is a major – and welcome – upgrade.
So the Mac OS X 10.5.3 update broke Time Machine for me.
We’ve updated our earlier howto JungleDisk for Linux Server Backups without X11 for the latest version of JungleDisk, 1.50.
Leopard does not (yet?) backup to a disk attached to an Airport base station, to lots of people’s concern. But OS X version 10.5.1 will backup over the network – to another Mac. It works just fine over wired or wifi networks, so it works for MacBooks.
Photographer James Duncan Davidson takes a look at The Economics of Online Backup – and finds that time and cost work against online storage for his terabyte of data.
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.
We’ve been testing online backup software here at el-Studio for a while now. Remarkable how the slipping of the little rubber band inside our tape drive – the one that connects the motor with the thingy that spins the tape – brings online backups to mind.
JungleDisk is another great entrant in the online backup business. Unlike Mozy, our favorite for Macs and PCs, JungleDisk also runs on Linux. And, since version 1.30a, it ships a command-line version.