03-10-2025, 04:15 AM
IMHO, a backup strategy that doesn't include an offsite component is no strategy at all. If you are just using a HD backup and the house burns down or is burglarized then you don't have a backup. I have two HD backups at home for occasional full machine backups, but in addition I have one traveling HD which I clone from the home HD backups and that previously lived at work and now lives in the trunk of my car. Furthermore, all documents, photos, etc are backed up to iCloud. Worst case scenario...my house burns down, the car burns up, and I'm left with all my docs and photos in iCloud.