Comments on: Macintosh HD and You: Backups, Archives, Cleaning and More! http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/ Mac Apps, Reviews, Previews, Interviews, and Giveaways. Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:57:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Markus Zeller http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-154968 Markus Zeller Mon, 04 May 2009 07:08:40 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-154968 I do fully agree to GrandPerspective. Even when I am thinking my drive is quite clean, I find something new to kill. I do fully agree to GrandPerspective. Even when I am thinking my drive is quite clean, I find something new to kill.

]]> By: Added by a PAL to FAQ PAL http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152201 Added by a PAL to FAQ PAL Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:43:33 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-152201 <strong>Macintosh HD and You: Backups, Archives, Cleaning and More!...</strong> Searching through all of your folder trees for files that you no longer have a need for can be unrealistic for some people with large hard drives. These next few tools can be used for sizing your hard drive, deleting files, and backing up files to exte... Macintosh HD and You: Backups, Archives, Cleaning and More!…

Searching through all of your folder trees for files that you no longer have a need for can be unrealistic for some people with large hard drives. These next few tools can be used for sizing your hard drive, deleting files, and backing up files to exte…

]]> By: Ryan http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-152197 Ryan Sun, 19 Oct 2008 19:47:02 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-152197 Um, disk inventory x... nuff said and free by the way. Um, disk inventory x… nuff said and free by the way.

]]> By: The Great Mac OS X Freeware List | MacApper http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-38675 The Great Mac OS X Freeware List | MacApper Thu, 10 Jan 2008 16:26:54 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-38675 [...] an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly fashion. If you don’t like Time Machine give CCC a try. Our Review | [...] [...] an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly fashion. If you don’t like Time Machine give CCC a try. Our Review | [...]

]]> By: Create a Bootable, External Clone of your Mac | MacApper http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-14855 Create a Bootable, External Clone of your Mac | MacApper Tue, 18 Sep 2007 13:21:22 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-14855 [...] you can boot your Mac from the external copy without missing a beat. This is a project that we have written about in the past and one that I recommend you undertake. I don’t have a ton of new information to [...] [...] you can boot your Mac from the external copy without missing a beat. This is a project that we have written about in the past and one that I recommend you undertake. I don’t have a ton of new information to [...]

]]> By: newswede http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6226 newswede Tue, 12 Jun 2007 11:10:48 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6226 Glad you liked that Greg. I didn't know it was reviewed before...I would have mentioned that. This article inspired me to use it last night, my only complaint (small one) is that it doesn't let you select multiple files to delete in it's finder window. Not a big deal but I wanted to trash about 10 movies and had to do it one by one. Keep the great articles coming! I'm telling all my buddies about the site! Glad you liked that Greg. I didn’t know it was reviewed before…I would have mentioned that. This article inspired me to use it last night, my only complaint (small one) is that it doesn’t let you select multiple files to delete in it’s finder window. Not a big deal but I wanted to trash about 10 movies and had to do it one by one.

Keep the great articles coming! I’m telling all my buddies about the site!

]]> By: Sorli http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6210 Sorli Tue, 12 Jun 2007 05:11:20 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6210 Great stuff and useful article!!! I'm in the process of replacing my hard drive and reconfiguring Bootcamp in the process and I used at least of the products you mentioned in solid detail. Excellent work! Brian... Great stuff and useful article!!!

I’m in the process of replacing my hard drive and reconfiguring Bootcamp in the process and I used at least of the products you mentioned in solid detail.

Excellent work!

Brian…

]]> By: Miles Evans http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6206 Miles Evans Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:54:45 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6206 Very informative Greg! This inspired me to go out tomorrow to buy the Lacie 1TB firewire 800 drive I have had my eye on. What are some of you others using for external storage/archiving? With today's cheap prices on GB's it seems almost pointless to have to delete anything. Very informative Greg! This inspired me to go out tomorrow to buy the Lacie 1TB firewire 800 drive I have had my eye on. What are some of you others using for external storage/archiving? With today’s cheap prices on GB’s it seems almost pointless to have to delete anything.

]]> By: Greg http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6185 Greg Mon, 11 Jun 2007 21:29:53 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6185 @newswede great find! I had totally forgotten that it had been reviewed on MacApper earlier: http://macapper.com/2007/04/28/whatsize-helping-nerds-overcompensate-since-1992/ @newswede great find! I had totally forgotten that it had been reviewed on MacApper earlier: http://macapper.com/2007/04/28/whatsize-helping-nerds-overcompensate-since-1992/

]]> By: newswede http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6184 newswede Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:57:49 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6184 Forget OmniDiskSweeper....nothing too special there plus it costs $. WhatSize is a fantastic app that is updated, works quickly across any drives you may have connected and most importantly...has the delete key enabled! Fantastic. http://www.id-design.com/Software/WhatSize/ Forget OmniDiskSweeper….nothing too special there plus it costs $.
WhatSize is a fantastic app that is updated, works quickly across any drives you may have connected and most importantly…has the delete key enabled!
Fantastic.

http://www.id-design.com/Software/WhatSize/

]]> By: Jeremy http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6176 Jeremy Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:40:13 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6176 ahh, no way to edit my post, but thought I'd also state some obvious things I'm sure most of the other mac users know :P I also like monolingual and xslimmer to get rid of a lot of extra space too, I think I've saved a few gigs from my comp running both. ahh, no way to edit my post, but thought I’d also state some obvious things I’m sure most of the other mac users know :P I also like monolingual and xslimmer to get rid of a lot of extra space too, I think I’ve saved a few gigs from my comp running both.

]]> By: Jeremy http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6175 Jeremy Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:38:04 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6175 I've tried to look at grandperspective before, but never downloaded it, but I'm gonna try it now. But what I didn't see mentioned in the article (but was mentioned in the you might also be interested in" links) is whatsize, I love that program. I’ve tried to look at grandperspective before, but never downloaded it, but I’m gonna try it now. But what I didn’t see mentioned in the article (but was mentioned in the you might also be interested in” links) is whatsize, I love that program.

]]> By: Scott Hoenig http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/comment-page-1/#comment-6173 Scott Hoenig Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:17:43 +0000 http://macapper.com/2007/06/11/from-cleaning-to-backing-up-your-hard-drive-and-you/#comment-6173 This is a very good article covering a lot of ground. GrandPerspective is a fantastic piece of software. I find new things to delete every time I run it, and it helped me free up space on an old iBook that only had a 15GB to begin with (now I have 10GB free space on it!) For backup, I plug in an external drive every once in a while, and just drag over my home folder and a few others to it. With Leopard and Time Machine I may develop a more rigorous backup routine. And there's always the problem of having more to back up than will fit on your external drive... This is a very good article covering a lot of ground. GrandPerspective is a fantastic piece of software. I find new things to delete every time I run it, and it helped me free up space on an old iBook that only had a 15GB to begin with (now I have 10GB free space on it!) For backup, I plug in an external drive every once in a while, and just drag over my home folder and a few others to it. With Leopard and Time Machine I may develop a more rigorous backup routine. And there’s always the problem of having more to back up than will fit on your external drive…

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