As I understand, with Time Machine I need to provide a drive to back data on to.
Is there also an option to use a server managed by Apple to back up on to?
Either using Time Machine or another program.
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The Apple Time Capsule is a network router and network storage server with a 2TB or 3TB hard drive. When you said, "server" do you mean something you can own and run in your home, or something that exists at a remote location, managed by a storage company, that you access over the Internet? Internet storage is not suitable for backing up your entire Mac, because moving that many files of that size through your Internet connection is far too slow and inefficient. You need a local physical hard drive in your home or business to regularly back up your entire Mac using Time Machine. You can supplement this with an Internet storage service like Mozy or Carbonite, but that should only be used for a critical subset of your documents and data, because of the time required to back up the data, and the high cost. |
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At this point, iCloud only supports backups of iOS devices (though it will keep documents, in those applications which support iCloud document storage). However, other solutions such as Backblaze and Mozy are available (though not free). |
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A lot of third party NAS solutions provide support for Time Machine such as the Buffalo Linkstation, the Drobo, et al |
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This is all conjecture: You may choose to create a virtual device or partition on a remote server and mount it on your Mac either using sshfs or MacFuse. Essentially, as long as Time Machine was able to read/write to the partition, it could perform the necessary functions in order to start your backups. |
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