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Q: How would I go about backing up my devices on my home network

How would I go about backing up all devices on my home network using my windows machine as the master and include everything connected to the home wifi - smartphones and Mac alike? I don't have Apple TV. Can I do it using airplay over our wireless to my HDTV or storage device with mirroring (maybe comp to comp) or a Microsoft alternative - any cabling? Is this a solution that will work without costing me an arm and a leg? Can't afford much right now but need to know at least one backup is complete and together in one place.

Posted on Apr 30, 2014 11:08 AM

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Q: How would I go about backing up my devices on my home network

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  • by a brody,

    a brody a brody Apr 30, 2014 11:13 AM in response to KellSin666
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    Apr 30, 2014 11:13 AM in response to KellSin666

    That's not quite that simple.  I'd ask in the Boot Camp forum for the most inexpensive Windows backing up solution if you have a Boot Camp or separate Windows PC for backup.   If you were running Virtualbox, VMWare or Parallels on a Mac to run Windows, you could backup the Mac and Windows simultaneously, as the Windows image resides in the same hard drive as a single file once it is shut down as the Mac operating system.   

     

    Both Bombich Carbon Copy Cloner and Shirt Pocket Superduper offer clones to USB, Firewire and Thunderbolt hard drives.  USB hard drives can't boot Mac OS X on older pre-2006 PowerPC Macs, and there is no Thunderbolt option for them either.

     

    I've heard Norton Ghost is popular amongst Windows users.

     

    Cloning makes, and maintains an entire replica of the system being cloned to a similar or greater capacity hard drive. 

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    a brody a brody Apr 30, 2014 11:15 AM in response to KellSin666
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    Apr 30, 2014 11:15 AM in response to KellSin666

    Part of the problem is one of formatting as this tip explains:

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3003

     

    And Macs without Mac OS X Server will not boot directly off a Mac OS X image.

  • by KellSin666,

    KellSin666 KellSin666 Apr 30, 2014 11:17 AM in response to a brody
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    Apr 30, 2014 11:17 AM in response to a brody

    Mmmm. I don't want to boot from it, how does cloning work?

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    a brody a brody Apr 30, 2014 11:34 AM in response to KellSin666
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    Apr 30, 2014 11:34 AM in response to KellSin666

    It makes an entire 100% replica of the original.  If it finds anything not on the original, it removes it from the copy.  If it finds something on the original, not on the copy, it copies it over.  If it finds a the same named item down to the path that has changed on the original, it makes sure that the copy has the same item in the same place on the copy.  A clone is what it sounds.    There is no archival capability to a clone for information that occupies space but is not used frequently.  Clones are the only true bootable backups, that require only the cloning software to maintain, and typically the clone software is smart enough to clone itself.   It is important not to leave any other programs open during the cloning process other than the clone software.  Same with Time Machine (as far as trying to multitask, but it does not clone).  Otherwise you don't know what state a file is in when it gets copied, not to mention the backing up process slows everything down.