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Backup on Mac OS X: Testing MimMac with Backup Bouncer

I just found a great little utility to test backup systems.

It’s called Backup Bouncer and like the bouncer in a bar Backup Bouncer is there to keep the patrons honest. It will let you know ahead of time if your backup system is letting you down in complex ways, like not copying metadata or is blowing out resource forks or resetting creation dates.

These are the sorts of things you won’t notice until you’ve lost your original and for some reason your Aperture or iPhoto library won’t run properly anymore.

Of course, even a defective backup is better than none.

Keep reading Backup on Mac OS X: Testing MimMac with Backup Bouncer

The Backup Manifesto

I don’t know how many hard drives you have but as a photographer and filmmaker I have over a dozen hard drives, scattered across three computers.

It used to be enough just to pair up some hard drives and move a few files around.

No more. Each computer needs its own backup drive/system.

I’ve just been through cleaning up duplicate backups and freeing up about five drives.

While doing so, I had to come up with some principles of backup, which I will call the backup manifesto. Here they are:

Keep reading The Backup Manifesto

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