Hello –
I use DTPO on a newish MAC (though not yet on Lion). I have just signed up for a Jungle Disk account, using AS3. I have two DTPO databases, the larger of which is about 4GB, and if I loose it, my entire lively hood is basically down the toilet. So, with those factors in mind… what is the best procedure to use JD to back up. I was just using time machine on a local hard drive, but got a bit scared, when the local hard drive crashed and now cannot be used (fortunately, my Mac did not die, only the back up drive did).
There is a export to jungle disk script on the DTPO script menu. However, I when setting up Jungle Disk, the JD application also simply lets me “select” the folder where my databases reside, for automatic nightly back up – (I guess, unlike the script-method, these would not be zip-files, but…probably not too much cost difference to store 4gb unzipped, versus 2gb zipped). Are both ways okay? Do I have to worry either way, about whether the db is open when the back-up is running? Is it simpler to “restore” when doing one way versus the other? In notice there is a menu item to “restore” on the Jungle Disk interface, so maybe it is better to just do everything from JD? Basically wondering if I am “safe” by simply setting up the JD to give a nightly backup to the folder where I keep my DTPO data-bases.
Thank you for any thoughts!