skyhasclaws Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 i downloaded all of my download codes from my vinyl records that came with it, mp3 files. i lost the power cord to my external hard drive. is there any other easy way to back up the albums? i don't want to lose all of them if my lap top dies. (macbook pro). thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amnstypls Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Press them to vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyhasclaws Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share Posted February 20, 2015 i suppose i can burn them to blank cds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 i use drop box for everything or google drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 drop box i think is $10 for 1TB a month, thats pretty cheap, but depends on what you do really. i deal with a lot photos for clients and other shoots. im constantly dealing with 30gig folders. im not sure what you get for free... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rooks Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 mappingtheyears and aflycon 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Get a new external HDD, or power cord. Storage is cheap these days, and it's the best way to do it. Have multiple back-ups for stuff you really care about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 you can get 2tb for less than $100 now. but use Time Machine if you have space on your Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tardcore Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Itunes Match is only $25 per year. You can download any matched songs at any time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Back up with the big 3 -Local (on a secondary drive in your home) -Cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) -Off Site (zipped up on a thumb drive or USB drive you keep at work or a friend's house) radiatorhums 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Why don't you just get a new power cord for your external hd? Can't imagine they are that expensive or hard to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Had to double check to make sure this thread was started in 2015. nancy_raygun, thebiglebowski, mappingtheyears and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Back up with the big 3 -Local (on a secondary drive in your home) -Cloud (Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.) -Off Site (zipped up on a thumb drive or USB drive you keep at work or a friend's house) I mostly agree with this, but I think Cloud/Off site are a little redundant and could be merged. You want at least one local backup and then one off site (be it cloud or physical somewhere else). Your data isn't really safe unless it's in at least two physical locations. Pick what's convenient for you and go with it. For most people, Dropbox or something similar is probably the easiest way for off site backup. Storage is cheap as fuck these days and a lot of routers have USB ports that'll allow them to work as a NAS of some sort as well. There ya go, that's 2 backup sources and even in a house fire, you'd still have your data in Dropbox. Another thing to think about is that the time/monetary investment in backups is most likely way less than the investment in trying to recover everything if you don't have a backup. As for iTunes Match. It's expensive and it only covers music as far as I know. I don't think it's really designed as a backup service per se, but could be used as one to some extent. I'd recommend something that allows for storage of any data type. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abovetheearth Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Had to double check to make sure this thread was started in 2015. Lost my shit when I read this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 1. Time Machine- I would suggest a DeLorean, as it is the most inexpensive because its fuel is composed of garbage. You would use this to go back in time to stop whatever it is that has deleted your data. 2. Though not as strong as an actual time machine, I suggest using the Time Machine option if you are a Mac user 3. Carbon Copy Cloner will copy whatever files you would like to copy. For instance, every couple of weeks I use this to copy the most important files on my computer (videos, music, writing) to an external hard drive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mappingtheyears Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Had to double check to make sure this thread was started in 2015. It honestly blows my mind that people don't know how to use Google for things like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 My backup policy is pretty much just the Internet. If I lost my music, I'd just download again via torrents one piece at a time as I wanted to listen to it again. souljacker8888 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Why don't you just get a new power cord for your external hd? Can't imagine they are that expensive or hard to find. Seriously, if you lost your keys would you make a thread looking to buy a new car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiatorhums Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 My backup policy is pretty much just the Internet. If I lost my music, I'd just download again via torrents one piece at a time as I wanted to listen to it again. My brother and I's joke is that Usenet is all the backup needed for media. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We just bought a 4TB backup drive. I already had a 1TB backup. So we have those two and are considering a cloud backup source. Jimmy just has SO much music. I have a ton of photos and all my graphic design work, it would be pretty upsetting if we lost it all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolhandnick Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 I need to do this as well, Got My PS3 hard drive full of photos, and my laptop chock full of music and pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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