You have a very safe set-up — excellent. I use DropBox, too, but have used used it in a limited way (only backing-up certain folders. I think I'll be changing that, in light of my recent 'adventure.' I'll definitely checkout your suggestions.
RE: Time Machine . . . I thought I was protected, and clearly I was not. I used it because it was right there and brainless to set-up. At this point, I don't see that it does what you would assume it does (yep — my bad for assuming anything). My advice is to stay away from it, unless it offers some protection that other apps do not.
For anyone following this thread, I'll report back after looking at the several solutions that have been recommended.
Thanks Kenton — much appreciated!
Cheers,
Benjamin
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On Jan 14, 2023, at 11:53 AM, kenton van natten <kenton.van.natten+AvidL2@gmail.com> wrote:I use CrashPlan Pro as a cloud backup. It's $10 per month per device for unlimited storage.
Additionally, I use ChronoSync to make backups of my Avid projects folder, et al. You can configure it to run a number of ways, but I have mine set to trigger a backup 5 minutes after it detects a filesystem change. This means that 5 minutes after I hit save, it makes a copy of whatever .avb files have changed since the last sync. I have it going to a folder on my Dropbox, and my Dropbox folder is also getting backed up to CrashPlan.
I also recently started using JottaCloud ($9.90/month) to test it out as an alternative to CrashPlan.
I've never used TimeMachine and don't plan to.
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kenton van natten, post-production mercenary
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