be slightly careful with dropbox, i've had files magically vanish in the past. I still feel that an external hard drive that's in no way networked as to avoid any possibility of a virus is the best way to go.
just my opinion, randy On Jan 30, 2013, at 3:09 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <kawa...@me.com> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
