Many years later, my teenage son asked to borrow my wife’s spare USB hard drive. That was too convenient for the thieves, who took my backup as well-a good example of why it’s good to keep your backups in a different location. Fortunately, I had backed up my computer the previous day, and left the tall pile of floppies on my desk, right next to my laptop. The excitement of the day vanished instantly. On the day my second child was born, I came home from the hospital to discover that our house had been broken into, and our computers stolen. But despite all of this, things have still gone wrong, and I’ve lost data. I’ve used command line solutions using DOS’s xcopy and Linux’s rsync, and Clonezilla, a bootable Linux CD capable of cloning hard drives. I’ve used PC Backup for DOS, Cobian Backup for Windows and Time Machine for Mac. Over the decades I’ve backed up onto floppy disks, Zip drives, CDs, DVDs, external hard drives, and network drives. As a tech support guy, I’ve come across dozens of people whose computers died without having a backup. I’ve used quite a variety of backup apps and strategies, and I’ve suffered a few disasters as well. My name is Adrian Try, and I’ve been using and abusing computers for decades. Why Trust Me for This Mac Backup App Review?
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