I know this site is Windows-based, but I've noticed some users reference Macs in the past so I hope someone uses them and may be able to help with a recommendation. I was going to put this in Backup and Restore but since it's not Windows, thought this would be better.
My iMac has no issues with network drives, but for some reason, it has trouble keeping a connection to the NAS's TimeMachine partition so it rarely backs up the computer. When I try to run it manually it ALWAYS claims the backup file is in use and can't add to the backup properly. A little over a year ago I got a deal on Acronis Backup and had been using that for a weekly backup and everything was well. My one year ran out and now they want $90 to renew for a year and I deem that too much for it (it's cloud-based and will not store the backup on the NAS).
So the question is: What would you recommend as a Mac alternative to Macrium Reflect or even AOMEI... I don't mind paying a one-time fee to buy the software but refuse to pay an annual fee and ideally want it to save to my current NAS.
(If this post shouldn't be here, feel free to delete it and I apologize in advance)
My iMac has no issues with network drives, but for some reason, it has trouble keeping a connection to the NAS's TimeMachine partition so it rarely backs up the computer. When I try to run it manually it ALWAYS claims the backup file is in use and can't add to the backup properly. A little over a year ago I got a deal on Acronis Backup and had been using that for a weekly backup and everything was well. My one year ran out and now they want $90 to renew for a year and I deem that too much for it (it's cloud-based and will not store the backup on the NAS).
So the question is: What would you recommend as a Mac alternative to Macrium Reflect or even AOMEI... I don't mind paying a one-time fee to buy the software but refuse to pay an annual fee and ideally want it to save to my current NAS.
(If this post shouldn't be here, feel free to delete it and I apologize in advance)
My Computers
System One System Two
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- OS
- Windows 11 Pro β
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Manufacturer/Model
- HP Pavilion Laptop 15-eg0070wm
- CPU
- Intel® Core™ i7-1165G7
- Memory
- 32 GB DDR4-3200 SDRAM
- Graphics Card(s)
- Intel® Iris® Xᵉ Graphics
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 2TB PCIe® NVMe™ M.2 SSD
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- Operating System
- macOS Ventura
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- Manufacturer/Model
- Apple iMac 27" 5K (2017)
- CPU
- 3.4 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
- Memory
- 40 GB 2400 MHz DDR4
- Graphics card(s)
- Radeon Pro 570 4 GB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 27" 5K, 34" UW
- Screen Resolution
- Mon 1: 5120 × 2880 Mon 2: 2560 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- 32GB NVME, 1TB SSD