Belt & Braces

It’s probably because I work in IT but I’m a bit cautious when it comes to backups. Up until now, I’ve been using Carbon Copy Cloner and Time Machine to take care of backups on my Macs. Following a recommendation from a fellow Twitterer (Twit?) I have signed up with SugarSync which will back up any files I specify to their secure servers in the cloud. I’ve gone for their free 2GB offering for now.

SugarSync looks like it will solve my other problem too, i.e. how to keep files synchronised between my MacBook Pro and my iMac. Up until know I’ve had to rely on having a share on the iMac and saving important files there (which of course needs a network connection between the two Macs) or remembering to copy the changed version back to the “other” Mac whenever I’ve changed it. SugarSync solves that problem by keeping files stores on either Mac in sync via the cloud.

Anyway, that’s the theory. I will let you know how I get on. Meanwhile, if you are intrigued by the above, click on the following link for more information. By the way, it works with Windoze as well!

http://tinyurl.com/ybkj7y9

~ by Wizzard Prang on 2 November 2009.