The hard drive on my MacBook Pro is too small, so I keep almost all my files on a 1TB Western Digital MyBook World Edition network hard drive, which allows me to access my files from anywhere. But Time Machine only backs up my laptop’s hard drive to a USB hard drive, so how can I also automatically back up what is on my network drive?
ChronoSync can back up your network drives--or anything you tell it to.
We recommend ChronoSync ($40, econtechnologies.com) and even did a detailed how-to for setting it up a couple of issues back (“Back Up Your Entire Network,”). You can easily set it up to back up your MacBook Pro’s hard drive, your network drive, and any other device your Mac can mount--all to a location of your choice. Its powerful scheduling tools let the backups happen without requiring your attention. For the backup destination, you can use an external hard drive connected to your Mac or even an external hard drive connected to your MyBook World Edition’s USB port.
