![]() Let us know if this solution works for you too.Four different things, not all of which a purist would call "backups," but all of which are intended to help protect against data loss. Apple may or may not make changes or allow our old processes to work. I believe this process is the best any of these apps can hope for at this moment. A restore is more involved, but Dave provides directions. Bottom line is that one is able to get a backup of all his/her user data. I am following the detailed instructions as we speak–I am not done with the copying, but the process is moving and I am able to auto schedule regular backups. All these excellent apps have work arounds–here is the proposed work around for SuperDuper, which was just posted Jan 31, 2021. The exact reasons are beyond my understanding, but the SuperDuper issues are not unique. After researching, including looking at CCC and ChronoSync, also great backup apps, it appears to me that the issue is a fundamental one–in Big Sur, Apple has elected to disable the ability to copy the system. ![]() I saw that Shirt Pocket, Dave Nanian, developer of Super Duper, issued an update about the challenges of making bootable backups in Big Sur. Thanks for all your insights and related discussions. From time to time when I am suitably motivated, I very carefully set about updating the files in the archive, but never en masse, only one month at a time and with careful auditing. *I actually do occasionally edit keywords which are stored inside the RAW (in fact DNG) files and this gives me a dilemma. Both things “I’d really hate to lose” and “don’t change”. The other thing I have up there is the complete archive of all the podcasts I made between 20 or so. I often go back and reprocess old photos, but the original RAW files never change* and therefore the archive is sacrosanct. I don’t update it often, but I only send files up, and never delete anything there. I was lucky to find an old hard drive backup which was way out of date but included the missing photos. No backup service or system could help me because everything had long since “aged out”. Years ago I discovered that in my migration from Aperture to Lightroom I had managed to lose 3 whole months worth of photos, but I did not discover this until years later. And when I say exactly, it is my RAW photos that form the main part of my content on B2. But again, I don’t want these files synched as they are on an external SSD that I don’t keep attached to my Mac Mini. Of course I would have a copy of the archives stored locally. I just want something in the cloud where I could grab a file in the rare event that I would need it. So, can I think of B2 as a Hard Drive in the cloud where I can just send files without synching? I have about 500 GB of photos and other files that are solely archives. networked drives).ī2 can be great, I use it for archives but I consider the cost of everything I put there. This is, they claim, substantially cheaper than the competition, with the nearest being Azure at +276% so nearly four times the price.Ĭonversely to the data cost, with B2 it doesn’t matter how many computers are involved or where the data is coming from (i.e. Restoring 1TB would be an additional $10 or so. To store my 5TB on B2 and never make a single transaction (no further uploads nor downloads) would be USD$25 per month. “Backblaze B2” is a cloud storage system that is indeed cheaper than many competitors like AWS and Google Cloud, but you have to consider how much you store and how much you might download and also how much change there will be over time (there are transaction limits). Things have changed for me now, but I recently topped 5TB backed up from my main Mac. “Backblaze” the computer backup service is USD$5.00 per month (per computer) for as much data as you throw at it including locally attached drives. (Disclaimer: sorry if some of my questions are too basic - I’m probably the least knowledgeable person in this amazing group - and I learn a lot from your contributions!) Which cloud storage solution would you recomend? (I saw good comments about Backblaze B2, including price-wise). Will any of these solutions allow us also to: What are out best options (for making fast incremental bootable backups on external drives under Big Sur)? Chronosync? CCC? Other apps? I hope they iron out the process (I really like Chronosync), but AFAIK bootable backups became “a bit more cumbersome to make” (?) - at least for the moment? (I’m still running Catalina and I’ll only update to Big Sur after finding these answers). Their incremental backups are fast - including bootable backups.īut Big Sur changed lots of things, and now I’m unsure if Chronosync’s bootable backup strategy will still be my best option. I’ve been using Chronosync for the last year (backing up to external drives). I also have (“basically”) the same question.
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