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Yes I don't think you can/should rely on TM only. It's convenient to keep running in the background but you'll still want to do manual backups to multiple place
by Scapeghost 6y ago
Yes I don't think you can/should rely on TM only. It's convenient to keep running in the background but you'll still want to do manual backups to multiple places (external disks, Dropbox, Github etc)
- lostlogin 6y agoManual backups fall by the wayside in every environment I’ve seen them used. You are a better person than me and those are me. I’m a big fan of backblaze for this reason. As an aside, I’m surround by people who consider cloud syncing to be a backup, and just yesterday witnessed someone in the grief stage when they deleted a load of photos to save space because they thought they would remain in the cloud. They had even clicked through the “delete delete? Are you sure?”.
- Scapeghost 6y agoUsually, after I complete a major project milestone, or do a lot of housekeeping (computerkeeping), or just when I feel like it's too been too long since the last manual full disk snapshot, I tend to do one.
- lostlogin 6y agoI do this with my firewall. I’ve been caught out by making a seemingly minor change before saving a config then breaking everything. It’s almost been enough to get me to have a test LAN and real one so as to maintain household tranquility.
- acrefoot 6y agoTo be fair, Dropbox works pretty well as a backup (with the ability to restore deleted files via the web UI), as long as you catch it in the 30 day window. When I worked there, I was surprised to learn that they also often act as mitigation for ransomware attacks (they could roll back your account in time if you contacted CS and explained your situation).
- PostThisTooFast 6y agoDoesn't Backblaze delete copies of volumes that you haven't accessed in a certain amount of time?
- lostlogin 6y agoYes. It’s 30 days. Way too little imho.