Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Second Edition
The second edition of “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups” covers the latest changes in the backup world and adds major new sections
Ithaca, NY USA (January 26, 2007) — All Mac users know that they should make backups, but many need help coming up with a plan for ensuring the safety of important files such as irreplaceable photos or deadline-driven projects. The second edition of Joe Kissell’s best-selling “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups” helps readers determine the best backup method for their data and budget, and provides directions for setting up, testing, and maintaining a backup system that can restore files after a hard disk failure, dropped laptop, or burglary.
In significantly revising “Take Control of Mac OS X Backups,” Kissell drew on years of experience as a Mac consultant and on reader feedback from the well-received first edition of the book. The second edition provides more detailed advice for backing up photos and movies, and adds coverage about archiving old files, backing up while traveling, and backing up files generated by running Windows on a Mac via Boot Camp or Parallels Desktop. He also explains how Time Machine (a backup feature that will be in the upcoming Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard) will likely play into backup strategies.
The book includes coupons for $30 off Prosoft’s Data Backup, $25 off the BackJack remote backup service, and $5 off backup hardware or software at Small Dog Electronics.
Think Secret described the first edition as “an inexpensive, attractive, and exhaustive resource, kept up-to-date by virtue of its electronic format and made accessible to everyone. And everyone should buy it and act on it, unless their data is entirely dispensable. Highly recommended.”
“I am utterly impressed with the depth and quality of Joe’s research,” commented Take Control editor-in-chief Tonya Engst. “In this edition, he tackled tough problems like how to design a foolproof backup system for someone else (he recommends SuperDuper) and how you could (but why you shouldn’t) roll your own backup system using Unix command-line tools. And, he continues to provide specific directions for using EMC Insignia’s powerful but occasionally confusing Retrospect.”
“Take Control of Mac OS X Backups” is available now as a $10 ebook from http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backup-macosx.html. It will be available in print form shortly.
A MacVoices podcast of Chuck Joiner interviewing Joe Kissell about the title is now available here.
[B]Book Details:[/B]
“Take Control of Mac OS X Backups, Second Edition” by Joe Kissell http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/backup-macosx.html PDF format, 176 pages, free 33-page sample available Publication date: January 25, 2007 Ebook Price: $10
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