Not happy with the thought of having my priceless photos and documents backed up to a single external drive, I signed up for an off-site backup account with Mozy.com today.
After hearing Francis Ford Coppola’s horror story about thieves stealing his computer AND the backup drives attached to it, causing him to lose a lifetime of work, I decided that a measly $55/year was cheap for peace of mind.
So I installed Mozy’s proprietary software, marked the folders for backing up and clicked the start button. My mac has been chugging along for hours now, sending data to my new, unlimited capacity storage site.One thing to remember when backing up your system, only back up the files that are truly irreplaceable. This means you don’t need to copy your computer system files, applications or any other data that can EASILY be recovered or reinstalled. Still, I’m looking at a backup of over 65GIGS!!!
Yeah, I save a lot of photos and videos. It’s a sickness.