Have a Macbook Pro...Need a Data Backup

[MoreCowbell]

I have a Macbook pro and wold like an easy way(Push Button?) to back up my

-Pictures
-Music
-Important Spreadsheets and others Document

What kind of back-ups, that are easy to use, do you guys recommend for a MAC?

Thanks in advance for any help you could offer!!!

[SpecC]

try playing around with disk utility, if not, i think you have to burn things onto discs

[tmoney]

Sign up for .Mac (www.mac.com). You'll get Backup 3 (http://www.mac.com/1/solutions/backup.html) as part of the package. Once initially configured, you'll be able to have push button backups to any data storage medium (external disk, DVD, or on-line Intraweb).

I backup to external HD once a week. If you want to have a full image of your hard drive, use Disk Utility.

[sinnet112]

.mac is the best way to go. The backup program is flawless.

[MoreCowbell]

I have signed up for .MAC.

I guess now I just need to buy an external HD???

[LENELSA]

Lacie has a great external hard drive that is firewire connected to mac.
storage ranges from 200 - 300 gigs.

I back up all my iphotos & itunes to it.

[SpecC]

Originally Posted by MoreCowbell

I have signed up for .MAC.

I guess now I just need to buy an external HD???

http://slickdeals.net/

if you don't care for exactly what kind of external HD you want, i'd check that site to find a deal. They had a 300 GB one for 50 dollars once! I bought three of them hahaha. Firewire is faster for sure, but i think we can all live with USB once in a while. Good luck backing up your stuff.

[MoreCowbell]

Originally Posted by SpecC

http://slickdeals.net/

Good luck backing up your stuff.

It should be pretty straight-forward, right?

[noktekniq]

yes, get an external harddrive. you can find one on newegg and costco for cheap. or you can get a standard pc harddrive and buy a case for it. that way it's even cheaper

[CnoteMD]

I am in the process of backing up the important files on my iMac. I have already subscribed to the .Mac service, but the 1GB limit is not enough. I use .Mac to backup my program preferences and a few documents and files, but I have almost 100Gb worth of data that is important to me.

I've decided that the best plan is to have an external drive as well as an online backup. So, I will get one of these external drives:

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/firew...AL/MirrorRAID/

For online backup, I've chosen this service (can't beat unlimited space for $4.95/mo...it's actually half the price of .Mac):

http://mozy.com

My first backup is probably going to take about a month to upload (I've already uploaded 7Gb in the past 2-3 days), but subsequent backups will be incremental (only backs up new or changed data).

[LENELSA]

The Lacie is a drag & drop friendly unit. It'll show up on your desktop essentially as a 2nd hard drive. Just drag your stuff over to it and drop it in.

It's a GREAT box.

http://www.lacie.com/us/products/product.htm?pid=10894

[bimmer4me]

FYI, when OS X 10.5 (a.k.a. Leopard) is released in October it will have "Time Machine". This will allow a very easy solution to back up all your files to an external drive. File recovery is built into the Finder.