Off-Site Backups
We've just established that you should have at least two sets of backup media. Now raise your right hand, place your left hand on the nearest sacred text (such as a printed copy of Take Control of Mac OS X Backups), and repeat after me:
I hereby solemnly swear that henceforth, I will at all times maintain a recent, complete set of backup media off-site.
Good. Now I'm going to tell you why you just made such a promise and how to keep it.
No matter how diligently you back up, if something happens to your backup media, you're in trouble. As long as the media on which your backup is stored is physically located near your computer, your data is unsafe. Consider for a moment the range of events that could wipe out both your internal hard ...
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