Portable Apps Will Not Be My Future
I had hoped that I could become less hard drive dependent by running off of Portable Apps, but my hopes were dashed today. This might be useful for some people, but the fact that the apps load and run EXTREMELY slowly makes it a deal-killer for me. If you do decide to try it out, make sure you have several hours free to install the apps. Some are quick, but some take a really long time to install.
Oh well, I’ll just use my brand new Lexar USB Flash Drive as a backup drive. For now, I’ll just copy my Documents folder over to the flash drive once in a while, and I’m also backing everything up nightly to Mozy Online Backup, so that should suffice.
I wish the Portable Apps idea had panned out, but I think my workarounds will work fine.
Tags: backups, drawbacks, Mozy, online backup, portable apps, slow, usb flash drive
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Thanks for the update. My sites are still down after 5 days. I have learned my lesson! I will have to checkout Mozy.
Have you tried Microsoft’s Briefcase? It’s been around for years and I’ve actually never tried it. I think the idea is that you can put documents there and then drag it to your jump drive. When you connect your drive again later it synchronizes the files…I think that’s how it works.
No, I haven’t, Ryan, but I probably will now. Sounds interesting. Off to search for it. Thanks!
Donna, it’s already on your computer. Just right-click on the desktop and go to “New”. You’ll see “Briefcase” right there. A good Google search might reveal some good ways to use it though.
Hey, Ryan, I’ve discovered that Vista replaced that with Sync Center (I have Vista). So, I’m taking a look at it to see how to use it best.