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Musicmind
Apr 09, 2013Aspirant
Step by Step instruction how to create Backup Job needed!
Hi, I need a step by step instruction to accomplish the following: I have a firewire drive connected to my Mac. On this drive I store my Photos in a folder named Foto (danish for photos!). I just ne...
StephenB
Dec 29, 2013Guru - Experienced User
If you won't share the folder on the PC, then you need to do the backup from the PC. Though that might not be enough for you, since in that scenario the destination folder will need to be shared. You can lock down the security to limit the access, and you can also hide the shared folder name, but it remains shared.
One option is to use a PC backup program that encrypts the data - then the source folder is not shared, the destination is shared but the data is encrypted.
One option is to use a PC backup program that encrypts the data - then the source folder is not shared, the destination is shared but the data is encrypted.
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