Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

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Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-26 Thread Tina K.
On 2011/01/26 04:50, Tom Coradeschi so eloquently wrote: Wowee! Good for you, Dannyboy. My backups refreshed last night, too. And the night before. And the night before that. And... Last time I checked this was the iMac list, not PeeWee's Playhouse. If you don't like what Dan has to offer, cre

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-26 Thread Dan
At 6:50 AM -0500 1/26/2011, Tom Coradeschi wrote: Wowee! Good for you, Dannyboy. What's with the attitude? Well, SEE, it's good to know that you have a backup strategy. Your assumption is that we don't? Wow. Could you possibly re-word that so it sounds less of an attack? No, not really

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-26 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 12:57 PM -0500 01/24/2011, Dan wrote: At 6:30 AM -0500 1/24/2011, Tom Coradeschi wrote: At 3:47 PM -0500 01/18/2011, Dan wrote: That's just bad advice, IMO. 1) Cloud storage systems are NOT secure. [bla de bla de bla de bla - we have heard all of this from Dan before] But they're still v

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Dan
At 6:30 AM -0500 1/24/2011, Tom Coradeschi wrote: At 3:47 PM -0500 01/18/2011, Dan wrote: That's just bad advice, IMO. 1) Cloud storage systems are NOT secure. [bla de bla de bla de bla - we have heard all of this from Dan before] But they're still valid points. A better solution would to b

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 3:47 PM -0500 01/18/2011, Dan wrote: At 9:19 AM -0500 1/18/2011, Al Poulin wrote: This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is the most comprehensive I have seen in a long time. Also, some of the add-on comments are excellent, including the idea of testing the backups.

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Tom Coradeschi
At 3:51 PM + 01/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not sure how similar it is here in UK though. From the article, "Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space". Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)? A "get info

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Dan
At 10:32 AM -0700 1/19/2011, Bruce Johnson wrote: The best, most meticulously tested and verified backups in the world do you no good if they burn up in the same house fire as your computer. :-) Software is replaceable; data is not. yea. A complete backup (a la CCC or SD) stored off-site me

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 19, 2011, at 10:00 AM, Walter Sheluk wrote: > I have become less paranoid about doing back ups such as the old advice of > mailing a back up copy to a friend or burying a copy in the backwoods. ;-) If > something goes wrong these days ido an archival install, apply a combo > update fr

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Walter Sheluk
On 11-01-19 9:23 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote: The first backup takes forever, subsequent ones take almost no time. Thanks Bruce for the detailed explanation. In my experience of trying Apple's TM ifound that my computer's processor is tied up ( iMac 3.06 GHz/4G ram 1TB hard drive ) whereby the ot

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-19 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Jan 18, 2011, at 7:06 PM, Glenn Peterson wrote: > Walter, > > Not in Time Machine itself. There is a program called Time Machine > Editor that will allow you to change backup times. Or just turn the > automatic backup option off and manually do it when you desire. That is > what I do. Yo

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Glenn Peterson
Walter, Not in Time Machine itself. There is a program called Time Machine Editor that will allow you to change backup times. Or just turn the automatic backup option off and manually do it when you desire. That is what I do. Glenn On 1/18/11 1:45 PM, "Walter Sheluk" wrote: >can i set the

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
can i set the TimeMachine to do a back just once a month ? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/list

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
At 3:51 PM + 1/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: "Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space". Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)? Probably under ten gigs, but it depends on what'all you've installed. You can find out how much is on YOUR particul

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Dan
At 9:19 AM -0500 1/18/2011, Al Poulin wrote: This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is the most comprehensive I have seen in a long time. Also, some of the add-on comments are excellent, including the idea of testing the backups.

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Jay Smith
Thar ye go.. http://www.macworld.com/article/156601/2011/01/what_how_backup.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories Sent from my iPhone -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/l

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Walter Sheluk
Sorry i missed the opening of this thread but what is the url for that article. On 11-01-18 8:51 AM, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not sure how similar it is here in UK though. From the article, "Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space

Re: OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Jonathan Smith
Great article. I love the Magazine, not sure how similar it is here in UK though. >From the article, "Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space". Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)? -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac

OT: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-18 Thread Al Poulin
This article by Christopher Breen at Macworld is the most comprehensive I have seen in a long time. Also, some of the add-on comments are excellent, including the idea of testing the backups. http://www.macworld.com/article/156601/2011/01/what_how_backup.html?lsrc=nl_mwweek_h_cbstories Al Pouli