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I was going to suggest Time Machine, period.

by mrmacfixit - 6/23/11 1:42 PM

In Reply to: External HD Sync for Mac OSX by bjp996

but then I re-read you post.

What is your current backup strategy?

Here is what I would do.
Use one of the external drives as the Time Machine drive. Let it do all the hard work of deciding what needs to be backed up and what doesn't.
Now you have a backup that you can recover from once you have reinstalled the OS.

Then I would consider trying to get something like Carbon Copy Cloner to make a Clone of the Time Machine drive and store it on the second HD.
Alternatively, I would have CCC clone my internal HD to the second external on a Daily Basis.

That way I would have the instant availability of Time Machine's restore function and a Bootable clone of my internal for those pesky "there's smoke coming from my HD" moments.

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External HD cloning

by bjp996 - 6/23/11 2:42 PM

In Reply to: I was going to suggest Time Machine, period. by mrmacfixit

Done. Perfect solution for me. Many thanks.

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On second thoughts,

by mrmacfixit - 6/23/11 5:30 PM

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perhaps a weekly clone would suffice.

It can take quite a while to clone a drive.

See how it goes with the daily and progress from there if it is taking too much of your time

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