Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/28

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Subject: [Leica] Backup Bargain
From: ric at cartersxrd.net (RicCarter)
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2015 18:45:48 -0400
References: <3110B15A-EC1E-430A-AA27-5FDDE487201C@mac.com>

these docks work fine

put hard drives back in their box and put a couple of them in a tupperware 
container

ric


> On Sep 28, 2015, at 6:42 PM, Robert Rose <robert.rose at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> The best deal in backup is a SATA Hard Drive Docking station:
> http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099TX7O4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
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> <http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0099TX7O4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00>
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> Should be around $25.  This will connect with a USB 3 interface.
> 
> Then you buy whatever bare 3.5 inch drive you want.  The bare OEM drives 
> are as cheap as you can go.  
> 
> Rent a safe deposit box at a bank, and put your backups there.  Swap the 
> drives as often as you want.  Fire, flood, and earthquake safe.
> 
> I love Carbon Copy Cloner (on a Mac) to run the backups.  Every day I get 
> an email telling me that the backup is working.
> 
> 
> Robert Rose
> robert.rose at mac.com <mailto:robert.rose at mac.com>
> www.robertrose.photos <http://www.robertrose.photos/>
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