I also use a firewire disk, and I am using rsyncx to backup my entire volume each night at 3AM. If the disk isn't connected, the job fails, but will just run again whenever I have it attached again. You can also use either tool (CCC or rsyncx) to run ad-hoc, or manual backups. On Apr 5, 2005, at 10:28 PM, Thomas Bulat wrote: > > > Today with firewire disks so inexpensive, if you aren't already backing > up, you should consider it.