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Synology Offsite Backup Using rsync Over Tailscale

Back in November I wrote an article entitled The Great Synology Migration of 2022. It was the story of how I’d bought a second Synology to replace the finally end-of-life Drobo 5N2. In the article, I explained how I used the tried and true rsync protocol to create a backup of each Shared Folder from […]

NC #855 Synology Encrypted Hyper Backup, AfterShokz Headphones, Nuke and Pave iPhone, Blog Posts Take a Long Time

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, September 26, 2021, and this is show number 855. mp3 download Chit Chat Across the Pond I have a love of numbers, and especially numbers that make sense. […]

Hyper Backup in Synology Package Station

Encrypted Off-Site Backups with Synology Hyper Backup

Synology 5-Bay DS1520+ $700 Without Disks on Amazon Synology – Not Just a Bunch of Disks When people look at the pricing of a Synology, the sticker shock is really shocking. I think there’s a couple of reasons why. The enclosures themselves are expensive. Filling the enclosures with drives is very expensive because you have […]

NC #839 Back Up iCloud Photos, Password Manager vs. iCloud Keychain, Recording iPhone

Hi, this is Allison Sheridan of the NosillaCast Apple Podcast, hosted at Podfeet.com, a technology geek podcast with an EVER so slight Apple bias. Today is Sunday, June 6, 2021, and this is show number 839. Hey, should we spend the next 40 minutes or so talking about what we hope will come out tomorrow […]

NC #759 Dumb Question on RAM, Backblaze as a Dropbox Replacement, Unique View on the 2019 16″ MacBook Pro

We’ve got a fabulous Dumb Question from Chelsea that I really enjoyed answering. Did you know you could use Backblaze to share files with people? Then I’ll give you what I promise is a unique perspective on the new 2019 16″ MacBook Pro. mp3 download

Backblaze as a Dropbox Replacement

While we were off on vacation this summer, evidently Dropbox changed their client and it caused all kinds of problems for people. Earlier in the year, they changed their policies on the free accounts which caused people to lose their ever-loving minds. I know it’s disappointing when something free starts to cost money, but the […]

Switching to Carbon Copy Cloner from SuperDuper! for Local Backups

I was watching the news last week during the awful California fires, and they interviewed a guy who only had time to grab his family and run out of their home before it was engulfed in flames. He told the reporter that he didn’t have time to get his laptop which had his children’s baby […]

The Great Drobo Migration of 2018

A few months ago I told you about my tests of the new Drobo 5N2 vs the previous 5N model. They call it the 5N2 because it’s supposed to be twice as fast as the 5N. One of the features to allow it to go so much faster was the ability to use port aggregation, […]

CES 2018: Acronis Backup Solutions

Allison interviews Gaidar Magdanurov from Acronis about their multi-platform backup solutions. Acronis offers a single solution for backup, disaster recovery and file sync & share services. Using Acronis’s personal backup software, you can safeguard PCs, Macs, iOS and Android devices as well as your social media accounts. Acronis will also actively defend your data against […]

Dumb Question Corner – How to Automatically Back Up Podcasts from iTunes

Our dumb question this week comes from Kurt. He nearly violated one of my cardinal rules in his question, but I’ve decided to allow it. He wrote: Hi Allison, this dumb question gets dangerously close to the red line of No iTunes Questions, but I thought I would ask it anyway… I’d like to be […]