PeterA
Well-known member
I would appreciate some help from anyone regarding what I am calling my "getting organised" Project.
I have hard disks all over the place dating back to early 2000's - when I got back into photography after a 20 year lay-off.
As you can imagine technology has jumped leaps and bounds over this decade. Fortunately, I have all my files processed and unprocessed in various places - often copied for back-up..but NO SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION and true Multiple alternate bac-up strategy.
I woudl like to implement the following:
1. Organize ALL my files in one place - so that I can then back this one place up
2. Systematically organise for back-up of all new work I do.
3. Have a copy of my entire OS system and applications on a bootable / portable drive - so that I can make use of the three different macs I have as if they are the same mac - if I have to.
I have DROBO with 4 terabytes of disk - this is plenty.
I have looked into Carbon Copy Cloner and Super dooper- frankly they seem to do the same thing
I have used Lightroom/Aperture but am no expert in cataloging systematically in either so I dont - execpt for historical libraries - now all over the place and therefore useless as they reference drives all over the place...I use Phocus/C1Pro/Sinar Exposure and CS4 with a bunch of plug ins regularly. I print with Epson and I use imageprint RIP do make things work nicely. This is the entirety of my Mac stuff.
I have come to the point where updating software in one machine makes me scared and frightened - because of all teh possible negative repercussions I have in my disjointed system. I am now at the situtatioun where I am shooting hardly anythign because I am confused abotu hwere to put what and why! -
So I would very much appreciate your thoughts on what you woudl do if you were me - or what you do because you are you!
Thank you in desperate anticipation.
This is a long weekend here and I would like to start with making a couple of bootable copies of my OS and Applications of my portable laptop and my Home Desktop. I don't even know how I can choose to start a machine from a bootable copy of my System and Applications if I have to.
Supplementary issue is I run VMWare Fusion as a Wndows replicator for office programmes as well - is it possible to include the fusion/windows and Applications in the back-up procedure?
Then I would like to start the process of copying every file I have from every hard disk I have accumulated over the years into one place ( DROBO ?) the DROBO is currently sitting in a cupboard gathering dust.
Cheers and looking forward to your suggestions!
I have hard disks all over the place dating back to early 2000's - when I got back into photography after a 20 year lay-off.
As you can imagine technology has jumped leaps and bounds over this decade. Fortunately, I have all my files processed and unprocessed in various places - often copied for back-up..but NO SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION and true Multiple alternate bac-up strategy.
I woudl like to implement the following:
1. Organize ALL my files in one place - so that I can then back this one place up
2. Systematically organise for back-up of all new work I do.
3. Have a copy of my entire OS system and applications on a bootable / portable drive - so that I can make use of the three different macs I have as if they are the same mac - if I have to.
I have DROBO with 4 terabytes of disk - this is plenty.
I have looked into Carbon Copy Cloner and Super dooper- frankly they seem to do the same thing
I have used Lightroom/Aperture but am no expert in cataloging systematically in either so I dont - execpt for historical libraries - now all over the place and therefore useless as they reference drives all over the place...I use Phocus/C1Pro/Sinar Exposure and CS4 with a bunch of plug ins regularly. I print with Epson and I use imageprint RIP do make things work nicely. This is the entirety of my Mac stuff.
I have come to the point where updating software in one machine makes me scared and frightened - because of all teh possible negative repercussions I have in my disjointed system. I am now at the situtatioun where I am shooting hardly anythign because I am confused abotu hwere to put what and why! -
So I would very much appreciate your thoughts on what you woudl do if you were me - or what you do because you are you!
Thank you in desperate anticipation.
This is a long weekend here and I would like to start with making a couple of bootable copies of my OS and Applications of my portable laptop and my Home Desktop. I don't even know how I can choose to start a machine from a bootable copy of my System and Applications if I have to.
Supplementary issue is I run VMWare Fusion as a Wndows replicator for office programmes as well - is it possible to include the fusion/windows and Applications in the back-up procedure?
Then I would like to start the process of copying every file I have from every hard disk I have accumulated over the years into one place ( DROBO ?) the DROBO is currently sitting in a cupboard gathering dust.
Cheers and looking forward to your suggestions!