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itunes backup suggestions

I use a Mac mini with an 1TB iomega external hard drive using firewire. I want to be sure that I have the iomega all backed up. What do you suggest?

Apple Time Capsule looks great but at 1TB it seems like to much money for something that will be used up soon.

Apple Airport Extreme with a inexpensive 2TB drive

or can I just use another iomenga Mini max hooked up to the current one via firewire and be done with it? These drives are so inexpensive..

Thoughts?
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Drubin

That makes the most sense. Is Time Machine easy to use? What hard drives are you using?
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Thanks for the info. One more thing, With having another 1,000 CD's still to rip. I was wondering if I should get an external superdrive so I don't burn up my internal mini drive. I never rip more then 30 CD's per day. That's what Wavelength said the max was per day.
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I'm confused now but OK....

I thought I could just get a 2TB drive connect via firewire and be done with it. I would want an exact copy of the first drive. No?
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How hard is SuperDuper to use?
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Sfar

That really does sound easy...

So I can backup my external drive as well as the mini with the operating system? or does that not make sense...I just need to worry about the external with all the music. thoughts?
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Sfar-

Looks like I need to get SuperDuper!

This way I can clone my mini and my external drive that has the itunes music. I didn't know that you can clone two different drives onto one. SuperDuper will allow you to select multiple drives to clone or do you clone one then set the other as the normal one to clone? My mini has nothing on it other then the OS. My 1TB drive as all the music on it.
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WOW! That's great. Thank you for the help. I will need to figure that out as I'm new to Mac...
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