I agree with others who have suggested keeping backups of your computer. IMHO, the external drive that runs TimeMachine should be ON 24/7. I have 2 external drives: 1 runs TimeMachine and the other runs SuperDuper!. SuperDuper! is like CarbonCopy Cloner in that it runs on a schedule that you determine and you can use the external HD to boot your Mac. Very valuable.
Larry > On Mar 7, 2016, at 12:47 PM, mkehoe <mirake...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "Get an external HDD, plug it in and let Time Machine do it’s thing. It has > saved my butt numerous times, and once it’s set up and running you can just > ignore it until you need it. " > > I use Time Machine, but have been reluctant to leave the external drive on > 24/7. I usually plug it in and run periodic backups. In your opinion, does > leaving the external drive on and connected all the time wear out the drive > much faster than leaving it on? I don't make that many daily changes to > critical data, and when I do, I do an immediate backup. > > Thanks, > Mira > > On Sunday, March 6, 2016 at 6:32:30 PM UTC-6, joh...@pharmacy.arizona.edu > wrote: > What James said. Stop using that computer. > > I recommend Prosoft Data Rescue https://www.prosofteng.com > <https://www.prosofteng.com/> > > Actually what I REALLY recommend is maintaining regular backups and restoring > the deleted stuff from backup :-), but I try not to rub it in too much in > these cases. > > Time Machine or Carbon Copy Cloner make this very simple to do, and Time > Machine is free. Restoring with a utility like Data Rescue is tedious, > expensive and time-intensive. > > Get an external HDD, plug it in and let Time Machine do it’s thing. It has > saved my butt numerous times, and once it’s set up and running you can just > ignore it until you need it. > > > > On Mar 6, 2016, at 4:36 PM, James Knight <dr.jame...@gmail.com > > <javascript:>> wrote: > > > > Stop using the hard drive immediately. > > > > There are commercial utilities available. You will have to look for one > > that still supports 10.5 or has an older version available that will > > support 10.5. It's also possible that you could mount the disk from a more > > modern operating system and use such a utility from there. > > > > Sent from my mobile device. > > > >> On Mar 6, 2016, at 18:32, Charles Lenington <macs...@cotc.net > >> <javascript:>> wrote: > >> > >> Bruce oh wise and wonderful > >> > >> My daughter accidententally deleted a 100+/- gig folder and emptied trash. > >> Is there a way to get it back? 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