[iBook] Mirroring to a Firewire drive?

[Russ Edwards]

I have a network drive at home.  I just copy over the home folder and
walk away for a while.  I do it at night when I am not using it.  Yes
it takes awhile but like you I have stuff that I can't lose!  I am a
teacher and my marks are on the ibook.

On 10/13/05, Brian Olesky <brian4 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> If they're just regular files, you can simply drag and drop them onto your
> external drive. You don't even need extra softwear. All you do is hook up
> your external drive with the firewire cable, your external drive will appear
> on your screen, drag the files to it, then head for the airport. Or am I
> missing something in your question?
>
>
> On 10/13/05 10:07 AM, "Mike Urseth" <mike at beernotes.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm just trying to make it as hands off as possible. I hate the thought
> > of updating a pile of files and hitting the road without having those
> > updates on the desk at home.
> >
> > You're only paranoid if Murphy is not really out to get you.
> >
> >
> > On Oct 13, 2005, at 12:03 PM, Brian Olesky wrote:
> >
> >> Are you saying you have a desktop firewire drive, and you feel you
> >> need to
> >> mirror it in order to make backups? Why? Just use any of the basic
> >> backup
> >> software programs, make regular backups (daily? weekly? monthly? every
> >> 2
> >> years?) and you've got what you need. I'm not clear where the mirroring
> >> comes in.
> >>
> >> Brian
> >>
> >> On 10/13/05 9:46 AM, "Mike Urseth" <mike at beernotes.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Has anyone tried mirroring their IBook or Powerbook to a desktop
> >>> Firewire drive.
> >>>
> >>> I'd like to use the iBook as my main computer (with regular monitor
> >>> and
> >>> keyboard, of course) but I'm kind of nervous about having all my data
> >>> on the road with me without an idiot-resistant duplicate at the
> >>> office.
> >>>
> >>>
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