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

2011-01-24 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 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

Re: How to make a solid Mac backup plan

2011-01-24 Thread Christopher Collins
If you do a full install from dvd, it lists as about 11GB from memory. If you do a minimal install, it is possible to get it to a smidgen over 8GB. cjc On 24/01/2011, at 10:30 PM, Tom Coradeschi wrote: At 3:51 PM + 01/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote: Great article. I love the Magazine, not

Re: Stupid question #216

2011-01-24 Thread Ashgrove
On Jan 24, 2:23 pm, Mystic Prowler coolmar...@gmail.com wrote: I do agree that the Wallstreet Powerbook's Keyboard is the best looking. Imagine it with a bronze backlight? Why did you have to do THAT to me, you horrible person, you? Now I am daydreaming. I love the G3 PB form factor, especially