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Re: Not having a 'Plan B' is madness

Yup, for the odd Windows machines we still use Acronis too. Never ever let us down in our full Windows days.

Now most Apple machines run a nightly Chronosync to server for backup (VPN for mobile gear), and the travelling laptops also run Carbon Copy Cloner onto an encrypted external HDD - USB3, but now switching to USB-C. The latter is, like Acronis, for local file support but can also act as startup disk for bare metal recovery.

We've been thinking about external SSDs, but the restore tends to happen at a reasonable speed so there's no real financial case to make yet - full recovery from backup is rarely needed.

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