Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content
hello. i suggest recovery softwares for now to rescue your lost data! recuva from piriform has one free version, but i heard from one very expert computer security engeneer that told me active undelete is very strong and reliable for recovering data, but i forgot its price. hope that help, God bless you all! On 10/17/17, Steve Edmonds wrote: > There are so many opinions on this topic that a decision is not easy. > I have some Seagate ironwolfs in my NAS (DS216). It's internal OS is > linux and it talks nice to linux, mac and windows. For my desktop data > (/home) I got a WD Gold, and am stunned just how much faster than a red > or black it is. > I think the important factor is being able to allow at least 1 drive > failure without data loss. > steve > > On 17/10/17 13:19, Tim-L wrote: >> >> If you cannot find a good article that you can trust, then you must >> take opinions of others. >> >> So, this is my opinion about best drives to buy. >> >> Even 1 month old Military specs 2-TB USB Drive can go bad. Mine did. >> At least most of it was backed up on a different drive/system. It >> only cost me $100 plus shipping for the original drive - from Walmart >> of all places. >> >> I always buy the best extended warranty I can get, for all my >> electronics. At least this replaces the device that died. >> >> First, I personally would not go larger than 2-TB for a drive as your >> MOST needed data, unless you have drives that are designed for NAS or >> file server equipment. That is my opinion for the drives I can afford >> to buy, for the money I had when I need them. I use a desktop, and its >> drives as the backup for my laptop data. It will end up as a file >> server - one day. I believe in a many device backup system - as follows; >> >> I backup the laptop[s] data to my "Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Armor >> A30 Shockproof Standard 2.5" USB 3.0 Military-Grade Portable >> External Hard Drive". Then take that drive and copy the files to my >> file "server" desktop's 3 different 2-TB internal drives. The are WD >> brand. Then I use a syncing backup script to the 3 external drives >> - again WD drives - 6-TB internal and 6-TB external. So, I have at >> least 2 different drives hold the "backups" of the data, if the >> laptop drive goes bad. It could be easier if I had more money. >> >> I looked at a few places and the "best" drive type I found so far may >> be the WD Red Pro drives for NAS storage. They cost more than the WS >> "Black" type, or other brands of drives. They are designed for long >> life in demanding needs. I have seen the "red" drives as large as >> 8-TB for $400 USD. The 4-TB run about $150. If I have the money, I >> would replace my current drives with these drives. >> >> I currently do not have a NAS storage device - due to the fact I could >> not figure out how to get my Linux systems to work with the current >> router/NAS device I have, or any NAS storage outside of a desktop >> setup. That is why I hope to get one of my desktops to be a true >> Ubuntu file server. >> >> >> >> On 10/16/2017 06:04 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: >>> Hi Charles. >>> I have just had a new WD Black (supposed to be high(er) reliability) >>> die within a few weeks. Replaced under warranty. >>> The probability of that is low, but it does happen. If the backup is >>> only a copy of what is on your PC/laptop then you are not needing >>> such high reliability as you always have at least one copy on a failure. >>> >>> I archive (backup and delete original from PC) so use a little DS216 >>> NAS storage unit with 2 drives configured raid. Less frequently I >>> backup that to a single 4TB HD for off site safety (house burns down). >>> >>> I also bought a drive on Amazon recently and noticed that there was >>> an option for $10 extra to cover data recovery in a failure. >>> >>> I think your best solution will depend upon how much data you need to >>> back up and how often, an on-line solution may even work for you. >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> On 17/10/17 07:53, charles meyer wrote: Hi All, I have a SONY external hard drive that just died one day within it's warranty period. SONY won't recover my drive contents so the next time I've got an extra $500 I'll have to find a data recovery firm. I need to back up my contents - music, videos, data but I can't seem to find an objective, independent evaluation of which external hard drives are most reliable. Have you found any such article? Or have you found through experience certain brands more reliable than others? Thanks so much! Charles. >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/user
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: search for text + paragraph Style
At 11:41 16/10/2017 -0700, Frank Noname wrote: Brian, I tried that: it selects correctly all the styled text, but then it does not find any text in the selection... Without being able to look over your shoulder, I cannot guess what you are doing wrong. Once you have found and selected the styled text, and without disturbing the (multiple) selection, searching for text (but no longer for styles) with the "Current selection only" option ticked has to work. Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: search for text + paragraph Style
I found out what it was: when I selected "current selection only" , then I pressed "find next", instead it must be pressed again "Find all"! That did it. BUT I used Find next because I want to search all the par styles with that text, instead if I press Find all, it selects ALL the par styles that has that text, but I can't reach all of them, how I reach the 3rd one for example, maybe dozens pages after? This is not a perfect search like the other working method suggested. With the extension, you can press find next and it will select only the text with the par styles + all next occurrences one at a time! -- Sent from: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Users-f1639498.html -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] adding / using custom colours to LibreOffice
On 10/16/2017 03:32 AM, Gary Dale wrote: > You're labouring under the delusion that organizations all have budgets to do > such things. If an organisation has the budget to create a branding colour palette, they have the budget to create a soc file for LibreOffice. If the organisation does not have a branding colour palette, then they will not need organisation-branding.soc. >And they will not want to use the savings from not having to pay for >LibreOffice to be exceeded by having to hire someone to create a palette. Libre <> Gratis. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content
On 10/16/2017 06:53 PM, charles meyer wrote: > Have you found any such article? https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive.html Wandering through the linked articles in that post, and their old blog posts, you can find one company's experience with hard drives. In one of their blog posts, is an explanation of why WD Black is a better buy than either WD Red or WD Gold. Note: Their blog posts are written to encourage people to use their backup service. Try to ignore that sales pitch, in reading the articles. jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content
Automatic backups are nice, but I found out the hard way that files backed up from one computer can not always be restored to another computer, or even to an updated drive or operating system on the same computer. And since I know that any electronic device will fail at some point, I usually just buy whichever one is on sale. Drives are cheap enough that it’s not a big deal if I have to replace one, although if I think the drive didn’t last long enough, or didn’t perform very well, I will definitely choose a different brand/model for the replacement. I do not have a huge amount of pictures or videos to back up, so my method is a little easier than some: I have a folder on my computer called “All”. Any data I create is saved to “All” or one of it’s subfolders. I have a 3TB external drive attached to my MacBook, which uses it to store the Time Machine backup data. Time Machine makes hourly backups of any files that have been changed. In addition, on a regular basis, I copy “All” to the external drive, renaming it to reflect the date/version. Also, on a regular basis, I copy “All” to an external flash drive or memory card, and then rotate through the drives so I always have several previous copies available. If my “All” folder gets too large to fit on the flash drive, it’s easy enough to split it into two folders….. The more changes I make to my files, the more often I back them up. Works well for me. > On Oct 16, 2017, at 8:19 PM, Tim-L wrote: > > > If you cannot find a good article that you can trust, then you must take > opinions of others. > > So, this is my opinion about best drives to buy. > > Even 1 month old Military specs 2-TB USB Drive can go bad. Mine did. At > least most of it was backed up on a different drive/system. It only cost me > $100 plus shipping for the original drive - from Walmart of all places. > > I always buy the best extended warranty I can get, for all my electronics. > At least this replaces the device that died. > > First, I personally would not go larger than 2-TB for a drive as your MOST > needed data, unless you have drives that are designed for NAS or file server > equipment. That is my opinion for the drives I can afford to buy, for the > money I had when I need them. I use a desktop, and its drives as the backup > for my laptop data. It will end up as a file server - one day. I believe in > a many device backup system - as follows; > > I backup the laptop[s] data to my "Silicon Power 2TB Rugged Armor > A30 Shockproof Standard 2.5" USB 3.0 Military-Grade Portable > External Hard Drive". Then take that drive and copy the files to my > file "server" desktop's 3 different 2-TB internal drives. The are WD > brand. Then I use a syncing backup script to the 3 external drives > - again WD drives - 6-TB internal and 6-TB external. So, I have at > least 2 different drives hold the "backups" of the data, if the > laptop drive goes bad. It could be easier if I had more money. > > I looked at a few places and the "best" drive type I found so far may be the > WD Red Pro drives for NAS storage. They cost more than the WS "Black" type, > or other brands of drives. They are designed for long life in demanding > needs. I have seen the "red" drives as large as 8-TB for $400 USD. The 4-TB > run about $150. If I have the money, I would replace my current drives with > these drives. > > I currently do not have a NAS storage device - due to the fact I could not > figure out how to get my Linux systems to work with the current router/NAS > device I have, or any NAS storage outside of a desktop setup. That is why I > hope to get one of my desktops to be a true Ubuntu file server. > > > > On 10/16/2017 06:04 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: >> Hi Charles. >> I have just had a new WD Black (supposed to be high(er) reliability) die >> within a few weeks. Replaced under warranty. >> The probability of that is low, but it does happen. If the backup is only a >> copy of what is on your PC/laptop then you are not needing such high >> reliability as you always have at least one copy on a failure. >> >> I archive (backup and delete original from PC) so use a little DS216 NAS >> storage unit with 2 drives configured raid. Less frequently I backup that >> to a single 4TB HD for off site safety (house burns down). >> >> I also bought a drive on Amazon recently and noticed that there was an >> option for $10 extra to cover data recovery in a failure. >> >> I think your best solution will depend upon how much data you need to back >> up and how often, an on-line solution may even work for you. >> >> Steve >> >> On 17/10/17 07:53, charles meyer wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have a SONY external hard drive that just died one day within it's >>> warranty period. >>> >>> SONY won't recover my drive contents so the next time I've got an extra >>> $500 I'll have to find a data recovery firm. >>> >>> I need to back up my cont
Re: [libreoffice-users] adding / using custom colours to LibreOffice
Is the exporter you are talking about? Is it available as an xpi? https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2017/03/29/libreoffice-extension-export-custom-palette/ On 10/9/2017 2:45 PM, Toki wrote: On 10/09/2017 04:47 PM, Gary Dale wrote: I volunteer with several organizations, some of whom have standard colours that I would like to add to the LibreOffice colour palette. For those that insist on creating colour palettes from within LibO: * Install the _Colour Palette Exporter_ extension; * Create the desired palette by modifying the font colour of a paragraph style; * Export the resulting palette; Those who prefer to do things the easy way: * Fire up a text editor; * Start writing the appropriate xml code; * Save the palette; My recommendation is that if organisation branding includes predefined colours for charts, then the filename has to be standard.soc, otherwise use Organisation_Name_Branding.soc . Distribute the palette to the organization. Include instructions on how to correctly install the palette. Installation instructions differ according to one's specific platform. (For at least one Linux distro, colour palettes can not be customized, unless you have support contract with the distro vendor.) jonathon -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: search for text + paragraph Style
At 05:42 17/10/2017 -0700, Frank Noname wrote: I found out what it was: when I selected "current selection only" , then I pressed "find next", instead it must be pressed again "Find all"! That did it. BUT I used Find next because I want to search all the par styles with that text, instead if I press Find all, it selects ALL the par styles that has that text, but I can't reach all of them, how I reach the 3rd one for example, maybe dozens pages after? This is not a perfect search like the other working method suggested. With the extension, you can press find next and it will select only the text with the par styles + all next occurrences one at a time! Indeed so - which is why I prefixed my original suggestion by saying that this was "something of the sort". Brian Barker -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] External Hard Drives - to save my LO and other content
On 18/10/17 02:48, Toki wrote: On 10/16/2017 06:53 PM, charles meyer wrote: Have you found any such article? https://www.backblaze.com/hard-drive.html Wandering through the linked articles in that post, and their old blog posts, you can find one company's experience with hard drives. In one of their blog posts, is an explanation of why WD Black is a better buy than either WD Red or WD Gold. Note: Their blog posts are written to encourage people to use their backup service. Try to ignore that sales pitch, in reading the articles. jonathon It was those articles and the linked discussion that led me to the WD gold. It is my primary desktop running 24x7, replacing a Constellation ES drive. It runs a couple of degrees hotter (so working on boosting the air flow). In the page you refer to above, the most reliable were HGST, thats now a WD company so you had to follow the discussions through from the start in 2013 to discussions on today's products. I was surprised how much the landscape has changed with many SSD drives now with 5 year 24x7 warranties, still a bit pricy for 4TB. steve -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
