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Mac OS X 10.5: Time Machine – "The backup volume could not be found" alert

March 28, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | 1 comment

(Via Apple Support.)

If you erase your designated Time Machine backup disk, such as with Disk Utility, Time Machine will alert you that "The backup volume could not be found", and backups will not be made.

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Backing up a breeze with Time Capsule

March 26, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Apple Hot News.)

“Simply put, there’s never been an easier way to back up,” reports Bob Levitus (chronicle.com) in his review of Time Capsule. After a few minor installation steps, you just “open the Time Machine System Preference pane on your Mac and click a few times. Leopard’s Time Machine backup software takes care of everything else.” And Levitus notes that “in nearly a month of constant use, I’m happy to report that Time Capsule has done its thing every hour without fail, and has never given me trouble.”

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Carbon Copy Cloner and Super Duper review

February 18, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via MyMac.com.)

Being short on coin is no longer a valid excuse for not backing up regularly. Carbon Copy Cloner from Bombich Software and SuperDuper from Shirt Pocket Software are two inexpensive but capable backup utilities that will help you keep more of your cash?and all of your data.

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First Look: SuperDuper! 2.5

February 14, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via MacNN.)

Sometimes backing up your crucial files is not enough. Ordinary backup programs may copy your files and Time Machine can retrieve files that you may have changed or deleted. Unfortunately, if your Macintosh hard disk completely fails, backups and Time Machine can only recover your data, but they wonít help get your Macintosh back up and running in …

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Use Amazon S3 to automatically back up your Mac

February 11, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Mac OS X Hints.)

Amazon’s S3 is an online storage solution; you pay for only what you use ($0.15/GB/month, plus some transfer costs). I wrote a simple step-by-step guide to setting you a Mac to sync with Amazon S3; here’s the executive summary version:

  1. You need an Amazon Web Services account. Once signed up, you’ll need your Amazon access key and your secret key. These are what s3sync will use to authenticate you to Amazon.
  2. You’ll need this zip file (1.2MB), which contains all the files you are going to need.
  3. You need to create a “bucket” at Amazon to store your files. To create the bucket, you need of the S3 GUI applications that exist. I have included in the zip file the one I have used called S3 …

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How to back up hidden files/folders in Apple’s Backup

February 4, 2008 in Apple by Tony Steidler-Dennison | No comments

(Via Mac OS X Hints.)

I just got a .mac account, use GnuPG, and want Apple’s Backup to store my keyring on my iDisk regularly in a custom Backup plan. However, he keyring is by default located at /Users/myuser/.gnupg, which is a hidden folder in the Finder, and that makes Backup’s standard folder and file browser not see it.

However, it is possible to do this with drag and drop. But it works differently for files than for folders. For both types of hidden items, one has to open the hidden folder in a Finder window (eg. Command-Shift-G and then insert the above folder path). The files one wants can now be selected, dragged, and dropped into the list of the opened custom Backup Plan.

If one wants to back up the whole folder instead, one can’t just do it this way. From the Finder window of the open .gnupg folder, one has to open the Information window (eg. Command-I), and then click the triangle to open the Preview row of the Information window. This ico…

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