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Title: Backups for the creative pro Post by: HCK on September 19, 2015, 03:00:21 pm Backups for the creative pro
<article> <section class="page"> <p>Backing up a Mac with a terabyte or two of internal storage poses no particular challenge. (For Macworld’s recommended backup strategies, see Backup basics (http://www.macworld.com/article/2013004/), Bulletproof backups (http://www.macworld.com/article/2013249/), and How to restore data from the cloud (http://www.macworld.com/article/2013632/).) Creative professionals, however, tend to generate massive quantities of new photo, video, or audio files on a daily basis, resulting in a multiple terabytes of data that may require a more elaborate backup approach.</p><h2>Split decision</h2> <p>My first recommendation for creative pros is to think of your backups as two separate operations: one for your large media files (which may be on external storage anyway), and one for everything else. You can tell Time Machine to exclude a folder or volume that stores your media files by opening System Preferences > Time Machine, clicking Options, dragging the item to the list, and clicking Save; most other backup software offers a similar capability. By doing this, you’ll keep your conventional backups relatively small and fast, and make it easier to give your media files special treatment.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2984336/consumer-advice/backups-for-the-creative-pro.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Backups for the creative pro (http://www.macworld.com/article/2984336/consumer-advice/backups-for-the-creative-pro.html#tk.rss_all) |