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Old Feb 18, 2017 | 12:16 pm
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chx1975
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Originally Posted by shawbridge
I plugged a Seagate 1 TB drive (I think) into it and have Apple Time Machine back up the laptop onto it. Because the two computers sync as a result of Box, the old laptop is always current within a few minutes (or at the end of an airplane trip). So, there are two backups: 1) onto Box for Enterprise; and 2) onto the Seagate drive. With either, we can dial back to the date in case there is corruption.
Ah yes, I almost forgot: besides CrashPlan, I have a 2x2TB NAS in the closet, that's another backup. Haven't practiced restore from that one recently, hrm
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