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Dropbox solved everything backup related for me, and I love it.

edanm 16y ago
Absolutely agree. Only problem: getting the 100gb option is too expensive for me (for now), which is a shame. Also, I'd love it if they had a much larger size as well, so I can quietly back up everything without worrying about space.
- lovskogen 16y ago
  Currentlig using 60% of my 51GB. I've got all workrelated files there (I'm a webdesigner), my music and a folder of collected inspiration. No videos.
  - edanm 16y ago
    I'm also on about 50% of my 50GB. The thing is, I'd rather dump everything in there and not worry about what is and is not "critical".
    - lovskogen 16y ago
      That's what I've done.
sreitshamer 16y ago
On the Mac, Dropbox doesn't do so well with restoring metadata: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/blog/2010/06/the-importance-of-metadata-on-the-mac/ http://www.haystacksoftware.com/blog/2010/06/the-importance-... http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/dropbox-backup-bouncer-test.txt http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/dropbox-backup-bouncer-t... (Disclaimer -- I write backup software: http://haystacksoftware.com/arq/ http://haystacksoftware.com/arq/)
- lovskogen 16y ago
  What does this mean for regular people?
  - sreitshamer 16y ago
    I tried to explain that in the blog post. Some quick examples: If you back up a Mac app using Dropbox and then restore it, nothing happens when you double-click on it because the executable file within it wasn't set to be executable. If you restore your "downloaded files" with Dropbox, the "quarantine" metadata won't be there so you won't get the "This is an application downloaded from the Internet" warning. If you restore a "bundle" (e.g. an iPhoto Library) the bundle won't look like a single file anymore -- it'll look like a folder; double-clicking on it would open the folder instead of launching iPhoto. Modification timestamps are all set to the current time, so if you used that information to find things in the past you're out of luck.
- huhtenberg 16y ago
  Arq looks nice. I wasn't able to digest the (S3) pricing table, but all in all it leaves a favourable impression of a well-designed and well thought out program.
  - sreitshamer 16y ago
    Thanks! S3 pricing is confusing. It boils down to this: $.10/GB per month for storage, plus an insignificant amount of transaction costs; After Nov 1, data transfer to S3 will be $.10 per GB; Restores (data transfer from S3) are $.10 per GB (1 GB data transfer from S3 free per month).
jhg 16y ago
Including the needs for backing up confidential data? Hm.

edanm 16y ago

Absolutely agree. Only problem: getting the 100gb option is too expensive for me (for now), which is a shame. Also, I'd love it if they had a much larger size as well, so I can quietly back up everything without worrying about space.

lovskogen 16y ago
Currentlig using 60% of my 51GB. I've got all workrelated files there (I'm a webdesigner), my music and a folder of collected inspiration. No videos.
- edanm 16y ago
  I'm also on about 50% of my 50GB. The thing is, I'd rather dump everything in there and not worry about what is and is not "critical".
  - lovskogen 16y ago
    That's what I've done.

sreitshamer 16y ago

On the Mac, Dropbox doesn't do so well with restoring metadata: http://www.haystacksoftware.com/blog/2010/06/the-importance-of-metadata-on-the-mac/ http://www.haystacksoftware.com/blog/2010/06/the-importance-... http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/dropbox-backup-bouncer-test.txt http://www.haystacksoftware.com/arq/dropbox-backup-bouncer-t... (Disclaimer -- I write backup software: http://haystacksoftware.com/arq/ http://haystacksoftware.com/arq/)

lovskogen 16y ago
What does this mean for regular people?
- sreitshamer 16y ago
  I tried to explain that in the blog post. Some quick examples: If you back up a Mac app using Dropbox and then restore it, nothing happens when you double-click on it because the executable file within it wasn't set to be executable. If you restore your "downloaded files" with Dropbox, the "quarantine" metadata won't be there so you won't get the "This is an application downloaded from the Internet" warning. If you restore a "bundle" (e.g. an iPhoto Library) the bundle won't look like a single file anymore -- it'll look like a folder; double-clicking on it would open the folder instead of launching iPhoto. Modification timestamps are all set to the current time, so if you used that information to find things in the past you're out of luck.
huhtenberg 16y ago
Arq looks nice. I wasn't able to digest the (S3) pricing table, but all in all it leaves a favourable impression of a well-designed and well thought out program.
- sreitshamer 16y ago
  Thanks! S3 pricing is confusing. It boils down to this: $.10/GB per month for storage, plus an insignificant amount of transaction costs; After Nov 1, data transfer to S3 will be $.10 per GB; Restores (data transfer from S3) are $.10 per GB (1 GB data transfer from S3 free per month).

jhg 16y ago

Including the needs for backing up confidential data? Hm.