NAS Backup Software?

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NAS Backup Software?

I'm looking for a good, reliable backup software that will automatically mount a NAS and will copy traditional Mac file attributes and special characters. I was using Intego Personal Backup, but every time I use it I get a slew of errors. The most frequent error is "Unable to copy attributes", but I'm also getting "This volume does not support permissions". I contacted Intego tech support via email, but they basically told me to read the manual, which I did.

Is there a simple backup program that works flawlessly?

Message was edited by: Kelly Crossley

Message was edited by: Kelly Crossley

Mac Pro 2.8, MacBook Pro 2.4, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Dec 4, 2008 7:50 PM

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Answer 1

hpr3

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Dec 4, 2008 9:03 PM in response to Kelly Crossley

I would use Carbon Copy Cloner which can be found on VersionTracker.com

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Answer 2

Dec 4, 2008 9:17 PM in response to hpr3

I didn't think CCC could backup to an NAS.

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zike

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Dec 13, 2008 12:51 PM in response to Kelly Crossley

I had to change the settings in Personal Backup X to...

Backup Options
"Keep the latest version of each file only"

and under PERMISSIONS
"Copy only files you can read"

No more errors after that. I was saving to a Windows server and getting the same errors as you. All is good now though.

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Dec 16, 2008 7:52 AM in response to zike

That's great news, because I really like Personal Backup. Do you have any boxes under Mode checked? What about Resolve Aliases?

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alba123

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Feb 6, 2009 1:29 PM in response to Kelly Crossley

even checking or unchecking resolve aliases along with the other suggestion still did not work for me

it seems to be a problem backing up to the iDisk

don't get any errors backing up from my hard drive to my hard drive as a test

even though the backup runs to completion this does make me lose faith in using PBX5 for my backup to iDisk!! i wonder if filesyncronizer would work better

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