Criminal Defense Law With An Apple

Posted by Adam Greivell on January 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pm:

For iCal, I use Spanning Sync coupled with Google Calendar. It costs money, but it’s well worth it. Most of the time, I use the Google Calendar web interface because I am almost always online with my G4 Powerbook (soon to be upgraded to a new MacBook Pro). However, I need access to my calendar when I’m not online, so, I use Spanning Sync to keep my offline iCal up to date. The real bonus of this for me is that I can then sync my iCal to my iPod Touch which has become quite a handy tool for me.

For Address Book backups, I use Plaxo. I don’t really use Plaxo at all, but it is operating and backing up all of my contacts, so it’s just nice to know that I have peace of mind there. I used to use Plaxo’s calendar service for the same purpose – of backing up my iCal, but I find the Spanning Sync method preferable.

I’m waiting for Apple to update the Airport Extreme Airport Disk to be useable with Time Machine. Other than that, I do manual backups – not ideal.

I’ve never tried .mac.

Posted by Anonymous on January 25th, 2008 at 3:45 pm:

Amazon is nice in that it is a large company and is not going out of business any time soon. Its servers are fully encrypted and geo-redundant for those truly paranoid about data backup. But Amazon’s interface is not the best. Along comes Jungle Disk, a $20 program that provides an automated backup application and clean interface for the Amazon servers. Other than the one time $20 charge, you simply pay the Amazon storage and transfer rates (directly to Amazon).

http://www.jungledisk.com/

For Address Book and iCal, I don’t like the Google backup or SyncSpan because it allows Google to read, data-mine and exploit your confidential data. I don’t think lawyers can use Google (gmail, or gCal) consistently with their ethical obligations to their clients due to the inherent lack of confidentiality. Read Google’s privacy policy if you can find it.

Instead, I backup my iCal and Address book to local hard drives and to Amazon. For an immediate “backup” of sorts, I also sync my MB to my assistant’s desktop using two programs: BusySync (Syncs iCal between multiple computers for $20 per computer) and Address-O-Sync, which syncs Address Books between computers on the same Rendezvous network (subnet), and is free. If both (or all) of your computers die, you still have the backup on your hard drive and on the Amazon servers. And you have maintained the confidentiality of your clients’ information.

Cheers,

William

Posted by Christian M. Frank Fas on January 26th, 2008 at 1:00 am:

I am soooo happy with Mozy. It backs up on its own, and I’ve restored files several times. It’s encrypted, simple, it’s off-site, and pretty cheap. I’ve had the 1GB free trial for almost 8 months now, and not a single glitch. I set my laptop to upload files when idle, and it’s a “Popeil” Backup solution, Just set it, and forget it…

There’s unlimited backup for like $5 a month, and as soon as I pass the 1GB mark, I’ll be paying the monthly fee.

Give it a try at http://www.mozy.com.

Posted by Christian M. Frank Fas on January 26th, 2008 at 1:02 am:

Sorry, Mozy’s up to 2GB for the free trial. I guess I’ll be taking longer to pay for the service.