Comments on: 12 Ways to Back Up Your Mac Online http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/ Help for the listless (and the senseless) Thu, 24 Feb 2011 20:04:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Julian http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-85339 Julian Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:00:57 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-85339 <p>well that is why i only have one online backup i love and that is safecopy backup.I prefer safecopy to anyother backup.They offer a free unlimited 5GB trial version and one can share one account for more than 2computers.</p> well that is why i only have one online backup i love and that is safecopy backup.I prefer safecopy to anyother backup.They offer a free unlimited 5GB trial version and one can share one account for more than 2computers.

]]> By: Warren http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-82335 Warren Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:07:55 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-82335 <p>Mozy was horribly buggy. Crashed frequently. Support was not responsive or helpful. gave up after a week.</p> <p>Went to iDrive. Even worse experience. Was eventually told on the phone by "Jason", "What do you expect for $5?". I simply expected a piece of software that could back up 40GB. In 3 WEEKS it could only do 20GB, and at that it was buggy and frequently lost connection with its server. 2 uninstalls/reinstalls (per their instructions) later and it is no better. Information on the program window is inaccurate and frequently loses track of what is going on. this is JUST PLAIN JUNK.</p> <p>OS 10.4.11 on G5 Mac</p> Mozy was horribly buggy. Crashed frequently. Support was not responsive or helpful. gave up after a week.

Went to iDrive. Even worse experience. Was eventually told on the phone by “Jason”, “What do you expect for $5?”. I simply expected a piece of software that could back up 40GB. In 3 WEEKS it could only do 20GB, and at that it was buggy and frequently lost connection with its server. 2 uninstalls/reinstalls (per their instructions) later and it is no better. Information on the program window is inaccurate and frequently loses track of what is going on. this is JUST PLAIN JUNK.

OS 10.4.11 on G5 Mac

]]> By: Jamie Kahn Genet http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-69768 Jamie Kahn Genet Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:46:28 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-69768 <p>I don't think I know of any online backup service that DOESN'T encrypt the data for sending and storage. Almost all do it for a hell of a lot less than Blackjack... hmmm... I smell a rat.</p> I don’t think I know of any online backup service that DOESN’T encrypt the data for sending and storage. Almost all do it for a hell of a lot less than Blackjack… hmmm… I smell a rat.

]]> By: John Smith http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-64920 John Smith Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:09:16 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-64920 <p>For me, Backjack was the only offering that creates secure offline backups that is, encrypts traffic to server and stores data encrypted on the server. For me, I don't want anyone looking through my offline backups, particularly if they are sensitive. I have looked at idrive, dropbox etc but none of them offer the archival and security features of backjack. idrive doesn't encrypt on the destination server, dropbox is really a sharing mechanism, not a backup solution (and is very good at that if that's what you want).</p> For me, Backjack was the only offering that creates secure offline backups that is, encrypts traffic to server and stores data encrypted on the server. For me, I don’t want anyone looking through my offline backups, particularly if they are sensitive. I have looked at idrive, dropbox etc but none of them offer the archival and security features of backjack. idrive doesn’t encrypt on the destination server, dropbox is really a sharing mechanism, not a backup solution (and is very good at that if that’s what you want).

]]> By: Jamie Kahn Genet http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-63526 Jamie Kahn Genet Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:00:20 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-63526 <p>Well, Mozy for Mac is still partly broken with simple little text clippings in 2009. It now restores them so you can view them by doubleclicking - i.e. their contents are no longer stripped. But weirdly their preview in column view is gone :-( So Mozy for Mac still can't backup/restore simple little text clippings without doing something weird to them. As a result I simply cannot trust it with the rest of my data. Maybe it would be okay if I archived it first and backed that up, but there are easier ways.</p> <p>Mozy also crashes occasionally at the config screen and has on two occasions started backing up files not selected for backup. Files not even anywhere near other files and folders being backed up.</p> <p>As for Devin Knighton's comment above - I <em>was</em> using the latest version at the time and Mozy support were unable to get Mozy working for me. It just kept on corrupting certain file types (not just text clippings which is merely a very simple and readily testable example) month after month.</p> <p>In the end I had to demand my money back and switch to CrashPlan which works brilliantly.</p> <p>I continue to test Mozy now and again (the free version is handy to backup certain game saves), but as I say at the beginning - it's still rather buggy.</p> Well, Mozy for Mac is still partly broken with simple little text clippings in 2009. It now restores them so you can view them by doubleclicking – i.e. their contents are no longer stripped. But weirdly their preview in column view is gone :-( So Mozy for Mac still can’t backup/restore simple little text clippings without doing something weird to them. As a result I simply cannot trust it with the rest of my data. Maybe it would be okay if I archived it first and backed that up, but there are easier ways.

Mozy also crashes occasionally at the config screen and has on two occasions started backing up files not selected for backup. Files not even anywhere near other files and folders being backed up.

As for Devin Knighton’s comment above – I was using the latest version at the time and Mozy support were unable to get Mozy working for me. It just kept on corrupting certain file types (not just text clippings which is merely a very simple and readily testable example) month after month.

In the end I had to demand my money back and switch to CrashPlan which works brilliantly.

I continue to test Mozy now and again (the free version is handy to backup certain game saves), but as I say at the beginning – it’s still rather buggy.

]]> By: Morgen Jahnke http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-57753 Morgen Jahnke Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:33:00 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-57753 <p>Holly,</p> <p>BackJack is mentioned in the list above (second entry).</p> Holly,

BackJack is mentioned in the list above (second entry).

]]> By: Holly Enuj http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-57552 Holly Enuj Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:27:17 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-57552 <p>How can a discussion of Mac online backup occur without mentioning BackJack?, www.backjack.com - long-standing service and, from what i understand, version 5 is just around the corner - Holly</p> How can a discussion of Mac online backup occur without mentioning BackJack?, http://www.backjack.com – long-standing service and, from what i understand, version 5 is just around the corner – Holly

]]> By: R.Ford http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-56651 R.Ford Fri, 01 Aug 2008 07:09:00 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-56651 <p>I read from Ahsay.com that they are going to release a version 5.5 that the look and feel is greatly improved. It seems that their backup server application and their client-side application can run on Mac with no problem, as the software is developed on Java. Worth to take a look.</p> I read from Ahsay.com that they are going to release a version 5.5 that the look and feel is greatly improved. It seems that their backup server application and their client-side application can run on Mac with no problem, as the software is developed on Java. Worth to take a look.

]]> By: Sasha http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-55946 Sasha Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:32:41 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-55946 <p>I have been using Mozy for the past couple of months. It's an excellent resource. I highly recommend it to all Mac users!</p> I have been using Mozy for the past couple of months. It’s an excellent resource. I highly recommend it to all Mac users!

]]> By: Devin Knighton http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-53389 Devin Knighton Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:14:46 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-53389 <p>Jamie, you posted the same issue on another blog - derkeiler.com. We responded there as well.</p> <p>When Mozy was in beta last year, it did not support resource forks, which caused the problem you experienced. But MozyHome for Mac has supported backing up and restoring resource forks since our 0.9 release last December. If you are having problems, please upgrade to the recently released 1.0 version or contact macsupport@mozy.com. We want to resolve any problems you are experiencing with resource forks.</p> <p>Devin Knighton Mozy</p> Jamie, you posted the same issue on another blog – derkeiler.com. We responded there as well.

When Mozy was in beta last year, it did not support resource forks, which caused the problem you experienced. But MozyHome for Mac has supported backing up and restoring resource forks since our 0.9 release last December. If you are having problems, please upgrade to the recently released 1.0 version or contact macsupport@mozy.com. We want to resolve any problems you are experiencing with resource forks.

Devin Knighton Mozy

]]> By: Joe Kissell http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-53239 Joe Kissell Sat, 31 May 2008 13:48:31 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-53239 <p>Gene: I'm very sorry to hear about your bad experience with Backupright. Thanks for letting us know.</p> <p>Jamie: I've forwarded your comment to a contact of mine at Mozy; hopefully a fix is in the works.</p> Gene: I’m very sorry to hear about your bad experience with Backupright. Thanks for letting us know.

Jamie: I’ve forwarded your comment to a contact of mine at Mozy; hopefully a fix is in the works.

]]> By: Jamie Kahn Genet http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-52861 Jamie Kahn Genet Sun, 25 May 2008 11:16:38 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-52861 <p>Mozy has corrupted all the text clippings I've backed up and restored. JPEGs, PDFs and various other files seem ok (though I have not had time to test everything), but I'm extremely concerned simple text clipping files are being stripped of their data. When I open them after restoring they're blank! :-(</p> Mozy has corrupted all the text clippings I’ve backed up and restored. JPEGs, PDFs and various other files seem ok (though I have not had time to test everything), but I’m extremely concerned simple text clipping files are being stripped of their data. When I open them after restoring they’re blank! :-(

]]> By: Gene Debs III http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-52665 Gene Debs III Fri, 23 May 2008 00:06:38 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-52665 <p>After Mike's glowing review, I visited Backupright's site. Seemed like a decent alternative, so I applied online and was stupid enough to give my credit-card info. After clicking submit, nothing happened.</p> <p>I emailed the company to find out what was up... there was no response to my four messages. Then I phoned the company and was asked "Are you a company?"</p> <p>Nope, said I, just a non-corporate individual... click -- they hung up on me. Giving them the naive benefit of the doubt, I asked if Backupright offered non-business accounts (their website does offer "Express at Home" accounts). The receptionist said she didn't know and put me on terminal hold.</p> <p>I phoned yet again, expressing concern about having bestowed upon them my credit-card number. The receptionist then shouted into the phone: "Well, I guess I'd call my bank."</p> <p>I did. Bank officer said the company's website may be some kind of online "phishing" scam. The bank will monitor my card's usage and is filing a report with the state A.G.'s office.</p> <p>Damn... I feel stupid. And burned. Apparently it's best to assume from the start that these online backup outfits are pirates one n' all.</p> <p>No more shopping for this idiot.</p> <p>Caveat emptor</p> <p>Mike said: April 20th, 2007 at 2:02 pm</p> <p>Have you taken a look at Backupright... I’m using their client on my MacBook Pro and its awesome.</p> After Mike’s glowing review, I visited Backupright’s site. Seemed like a decent alternative, so I applied online and was stupid enough to give my credit-card info. After clicking submit, nothing happened.

I emailed the company to find out what was up… there was no response to my four messages. Then I phoned the company and was asked “Are you a company?”

Nope, said I, just a non-corporate individual… click — they hung up on me. Giving them the naive benefit of the doubt, I asked if Backupright offered non-business accounts (their website does offer “Express at Home” accounts). The receptionist said she didn’t know and put me on terminal hold.

I phoned yet again, expressing concern about having bestowed upon them my credit-card number. The receptionist then shouted into the phone: “Well, I guess I’d call my bank.”

I did. Bank officer said the company’s website may be some kind of online “phishing” scam. The bank will monitor my card’s usage and is filing a report with the state A.G.’s office.

Damn… I feel stupid. And burned. Apparently it’s best to assume from the start that these online backup outfits are pirates one n’ all.

No more shopping for this idiot.

Caveat emptor

Mike said: April 20th, 2007 at 2:02 pm

Have you taken a look at Backupright… I’m using their client on my MacBook Pro and its awesome.

]]> By: Prolifix LLC http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-51343 Prolifix LLC Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:00:45 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-51343 <p>We support pretty much all platforms. Not only that our prices have changed since this article has been written. We encourage any and all to try it for them selves for free.</p> <p>Anne- give our free trial a try and let us know what you think. Any and all feed back is positive.</p> <p>Cheers senselist!</p> <p>Team Prolifix</p> We support pretty much all platforms. Not only that our prices have changed since this article has been written. We encourage any and all to try it for them selves for free.

Anne- give our free trial a try and let us know what you think. Any and all feed back is positive.

Cheers senselist!

Team Prolifix

]]> By: Anna http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-39122 Anna Sun, 30 Dec 2007 05:56:04 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-39122 <p>How about an evaluation of how well they work? After reading all the reviews, I just tried Mozy Unlimited and had it drop the connection repeatedly. It took me 4 tries to back up 5GB of data - and the next 11GB of iTunes looked like it would take me a year.</p> How about an evaluation of how well they work? After reading all the reviews, I just tried Mozy Unlimited and had it drop the connection repeatedly. It took me 4 tries to back up 5GB of data – and the next 11GB of iTunes looked like it would take me a year.

]]> By: thinks » Blog Archive » Want to ensure your website stays alive? Follow these 7 critical steps. http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-36107 thinks » Blog Archive » Want to ensure your website stays alive? Follow these 7 critical steps. Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:31:48 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-36107 <p>[...] much to backup your hard drive with a site like Carbonite (PC-only today, though Mac is coming) or any number of Mac services. I had the nightmare scenario. My laptop - where I do all my writing - died the same week as my web [...]</p> [...] much to backup your hard drive with a site like Carbonite (PC-only today, though Mac is coming) or any number of Mac services. I had the nightmare scenario. My laptop – where I do all my writing – died the same week as my web [...]

]]> By: Mike http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-15159 Mike Fri, 20 Apr 2007 21:02:02 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-15159 <p>Have you taken a look at Backupright ( http://www.backupright.com ), I'm using their client on my MacBook Pro and its awesome.</p> Have you taken a look at Backupright ( http://www.backupright.com ), I’m using their client on my MacBook Pro and its awesome.

]]> By: Marc http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-12438 Marc Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:33:02 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-12438 <p>Duh, I missed it...</p> Duh, I missed it…

]]> By: Marc http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-12437 Marc Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:31:19 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-12437 <p>How about Mozy at http://mozy.com/?</p> How about Mozy at http://mozy.com/?

]]> By: Jeff http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/comment-page-1/#comment-11354 Jeff Thu, 22 Mar 2007 13:36:10 +0000 http://senselist.com/2007/03/21/12-ways-to-back-up-your-mac-online/#comment-11354 <p>Take a look at Data Protection Services,</p> <p>www.dataprotection.com We now have the ability to do secure online backups of Macs. Let us know if you have any questions.</p> <p>Thx, Jeff</p> Take a look at Data Protection Services,

http://www.dataprotection.com We now have the ability to do secure online backups of Macs. Let us know if you have any questions.

Thx, Jeff

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