I've just got rid of my time machine and am now going to use Drop box for my back ups.
Kawal. On 30 Jan 2013, at 14:40, Teresa Cochran <vegaspipistre...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, folk, > > Here's sort of a cautionary tale of mine that ended happily. A few days ago, > my cats were particularly rambunctious and knocked the power cord away from > my Mac Mini. This, as some may know, has a magnetic connection and is easily > disconnected. Unbeknownst to me, I didn't connect the power cord securely > enough, and had disconnected it twice more. A couple of nights later, my > computer was saying "busy" in Mail, and it turned out that the index was > corrupted. Then Finder wasn't responding. > > Well, I put the Mac Mini in recovery mode and chose to restore from a Time > Machine backup. It took some time, but once I chose the backup I wanted, > everything is working great again. > > I don't know if it's a better method than reinstalling, but if you know which > backup will work best, I think Time Machine is a very good alternative. > > HtH, > Teresa > > > "The Golden Age of science fiction is twelve."--Pete Graham > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
