Robert’s Rants & Rationalizations

That was easy!  I started with Mozy.com.  The very first backup of my Mac data took weeks to complete due to the gigabytes of files, and there were times Mozy’s client app would lose a connection to the server.  I had to, with help from Mozy Support, reinstall the app which fixed that problem.  Note: if you encrypt your data with File Vault, backing up the encrypted data can’t be done while you are logged in.  You have to log out and then, using another account, backup your encrypted account data.

To this date, the Mozy backup doesn’t work every time.

Using Carbonite, which backups your data in the background (you can view the status and restore using the control panel app), and at first, I thought it was taking longer than Mozy, but Mozy, manually or by schedule, backups in one session at a time while Carbonite backs up when the computer is not under load (low activity).

I didn’t interact with Carbonite much, and that’s what they wanted, it’s a background task!  I had to check to make sure it was doing its job, and each time, it was, according the cpanel.  

Now, I had to restore a folder (first time since using the services!).  I went to Mozy via my web browser, and I just watched (for minutes) their loading graphic animation, so I went to Carbonite via their control panel app, and just clicked folders to get to the one I needed, selected the folder to restore (it defaults to the original location), and since last night, it completed nearly 60% of the >2GB of data.

I’ll continue with Mozy only because I paid for two years, but once my account expires, I’ll let it lapse and keep Carbonite.

IMHO,
Robert
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"Everyone who’s ever taken a shower has an idea. It’s the person who gets out of the shower, dries off and does something about it who makes a difference."  - Nolan Bushnell

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