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Backblaze continues to backup my computer.

BackBlazeIt’s been nearly three years since I signed up for Backblaze and it’s been backing up my computer ever since.

I have it set to back up once a day and it currently has backed up 112,452 files at 82,287 MB. That’s over 80 Gigs! All this for less than $5 a month.

Luckily I have never had a computer crash were I needed to get my files back. But, as my computer ages, it’s good to know that everything is safe.

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Questions on Time Machine and Hard Drive Partitioning.

I love my iMac, but I feel it’s sluggish at times and I’m not sure if it’s all the clutter that has built up over the years, the amount of free disk space, or if it’s just as good as it’s going to get. So, I’m contemplating erasing my iMac and doing a clean install of Snow Leopard but I do have concerns.

Fist up is Time Machine.

Time MachineI’ve been running Apple’s Time Machine for years now and it’s backed up everything as far as I’m aware. I’ve done some spot checking and everything seems to be there, but it’s always a little nerve-racking as I don’t want to lose anything important. Have you found it dependable?

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Backblaze Lets You Forget About Backing Up – It’s That Easy

BackblazeI’ve been thinking about getting an online service to backup my computer for a while now, however most services made the plans confusing, didn’t have a Mac client, or had price levels that just made it more than I wanted to spend. However, I signed up for Backblaze and it’s been wonderful ever since. I no longer think about backing up, it just happens.

I know what a lot of Mac users are thinking, what about Time Machine? Well, as great as Time Machine is, if my house were to burn down, so would all my backups. An off site backup solution is the only way to ensure that my files are safe. Time Machine works well for local backups, but really isn’t the best solution overall and that’s why I looked into other options.

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Things For a New Year – Change, Update, Design

I’m not big on new years resolutions. In fact I like to say that years ago my resolution was to give up resolutions.  So to keep that one, I can’t make new ones. :)

2009However, there are a few things that I have on my to-do list for 2009.  No biggies, but that’s ok.

  1. Change my social media icon to include my mug shot. 
    On Twitter, Plurk, Gravatar and whatever other networks I have I’m actually going to put up a picture of me. As soon as I find one I like that is.  
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