Jennifer Zelazny

Random and Opinionated Thoughts

Tag: backup

Jan
20
2012
HOWTOs

Making the Most of Your Backups

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 0 Comments

Having a backup of your data is crucial. Being able to successfully restore your data is even more crucial. For the last three weeks, I have been spending two hours a week on organizing/reorganizing all my data. One of my goals for 2012 is to be 100% sure I am backing up what I need and ONLY what I need. I have two backup drives here in my office that I use with Apple’s Time Machine. I also then backup remotely once a week to Amazon S3 using JungleDisk. I also have data on a remote server for all my... Read More » Read more

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Oct
17
2008
Hints Serenity Now! Software

Clean Up that Photo Library!

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 0 Comments

In the past few days I have found it really hard to focus on work because my mind keeps drifting back to Triscuit. Because of this I have tried to do some things that I have been meaning to do but have not had time/want to do them. One of them: take a break and walk every single day. The other so far: clean out that nasty iPhoto Library. Gone are the blurred, duplicates, and photos I really do not care about. I feel so much better about my photos now. Not only did I decrease the size of my... Read More » Read more

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Jul
11
2008
Apple

Apple Saves the Day

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 5 Comments

Apple saves the day for me: Hello Jennifer, I’m sorry to hear the titles you purchased from the iTunes Store with account “[email protected]” were lost. I can certainly see how this would be upsetting and I would like to help. iTunes Store Customer Support has decided to let you download (at no charge) all the titles you purchased on this account that are still available. Thank you Apple! Read more

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Mar
13
2008
HOWTOs Serenity Now!

Backup to Amazon S3 With Rsync.

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 2 Comments

Finally – I stumbled upon an article that outlines how to use rsync, Mac OS X, Jungle Disk, and Amazon S3 (all which I use). This will simplify and speed up my backup process. (Especially when my external backup drive has been acting a little irregular this morning.) If you do not backup your files, or have not looked at Amazon S3 yet – this is your chance! Read more

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Jan
04
2008
Hosting HOWTOs Web Development

Jappler Recommends: CPsafe.

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 0 Comments

Start the year of right – set up a backup system! A few years ago, I documented how to backup your web sites, databases, email, etc when your host uses CPanel to a remote FTP server. Since then, there have been several CPanel updates and Perl updates that the script no longer works so I have been looking for another option and finally found it. The new script is called: CPsafe (if that does not work, check out the cached version. Within 5 minutes, you can have your home directory backup set up and ready to run. I think the... Read More » Read more

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Sep
12
2006
Hardware

Mini Stack

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 2 Comments

To address my increasing backup needs as well as my need for more FireWire and USB ports, I decided to buy a miniStack (500GB). I own a Mac Mini and so the miniStack seemed like the perfect solution. Now comes my friendly reminder to all those reading that do not back up…back it up! On another note, I also recently started using SVN for all my business projects (thanks Demitrious) which is backed up offsite. Back up! Read more

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Nov
17
2005
Hosting HOWTOs Software Web Development

Automate cPANEL Backups

Posted by: Jennifer Zelazny | 1 Comment

For months I have been manually backing up my web sites. Last night, I learned my lesson and realized I needed to have something more dependable in place. (and I am pretty damn dependable). I finally took the time to research the process of automating a CPanel update. The script I found and used is freely available and easy to use. How to completely automate your CPanel backup and store the files remotely: There are three main parts to this process: The backup script. Download the script. Edit the script’s configuration variables as needed (see instructions on the download script... Read More » Read more

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