Back up Software

[garyb]

I've had enough of problems with SilverKeeper so I'm looking for some reliable software to help me back up my iBook to an external hard drive.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

[Gordy]

I use synk works very well.

I also use ibackup as well.

[Beninio]

I've heard good things about a program called SuperDuper. Haven't tried it myself though.

[garyb]

Anyone tried Martian LifeBoat ?

[Nick F]

Use iBackup, its perfect

[garyb]

Is iBackup not just for online storage?
I would like to backup to my external hard drive.

[artaxerxes]

SuperDuper! or Carbon Copy Cloner

I used to use Silverkeeeper for my LaCie firewire external, flirted with CCC but settled on SuperDuper after repeated suggestions. It wors a treat - even the slightly crippled free version.

[Gordy]

Is iBackup not just for online storage?
I would like to backup to my external hard drive.

no iBackup is a software program that allows you backup all kinds of things including emails etc to wherever you wish.

It can schedule it too.

[artaxerxes]

Can it create bootable backups? Does it cost?

Should i stop being lazy and google it?

This looks like it might be handy for daily backups - in tandem with weekly bootable backups with SuperDuper (free version which doesn't do incremental)...

Thanks for the heads up.

[garyb]

In the end I went for SuperDuper ( paid for).
I tried a few but this one seemed the best.
So far so good.

[artaxerxes]

The internet, and I commend your choice.

There is a link to a lengthy comparison somewhere on my hard drive(s) that details something particularly important about how SuperDuper is the only one to preserve some important cruft when imaging a bootable drive. All good basically.