Backup

Backup systems

• iDrive (500 GB) (can expand to 5 TB)

• Dropbox (2 GB)

• Save to external solid state hard drive (SSD) (e.g., Seagate SSD)

• Save to DVD or Blu Ray disc

• Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Things to back up

• MacBook

• Roon

• Digital music

MacBook backup

What needs to be backed up

• Hard drive: -- GB

  • Backups: 77 GB

    • • Roon Backups: 1 GB

      • Disc images: 4.7 X 17 = 79.9

  • Documents: 40 GB

  • Music: 6 GB

  • Pictures: 183 GB

    • Our photos by year: 181 GB

  • Movies: 56 GB

Methods

(1) iDrive [Size in December 2025: 434.65 GB; out of a total capacity of 500 GB]

(2) External SSD (e.g., photos)

• Photos could go on a 2 TB SSD, and then be backed up to iDrive

(3) Blu Ray Disc (e.g., photos)

• Photos: 181 GB / 25 GB = 7.24 discs

• Photos: 181 GB / 50 GB = 3.62 discs

(4) Network Attached Storage

Roon Nucleus One Backup 

(1) Local and cloud storage: Backup to MacBook, and MacBook is backed up to iDrive

(2) Local storage: Backup to Seagate SSD plugged directly into the Roon Nucleus One

(3) Local storage: Back up to Network Attached Storage (NAS)

Digital music

(1) External SSD

(2) External SSD backed up to iDrive

(3) Roon internal SSD storage