I tend towards lazy myself, backing up only after the umpteenth prompt from Time machine that I haven’t backed up in XX months. But I am also the anxious type so if I am working on something important (like a paper, a presentation or a program) I’ll just periodically mail myself a copy. That way, if I lose a disk, I can just retrieve copies from whatever mail server I am using.
I have on occasion had to do just that, particularly after I retired and failed to backup everything properly before I left my employer. Mark > On 10 Nov 2022, at 6:40 pm, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > I regard it as a choice of risks -- I'm lazy about backups since...I was > going to say the '90s, but really it's forever. Thankfully I've never had a > drive go bad, but I have written several novels, and I now have none of > them except as memories: one went away with an iMac hard drive I didn't > copy properly when I retired it, one went away with a zip drive, one went > away with 3 inch floppies, and one went away with 5 inch floppies (and one > went away with greenbar paper). I think my odds are better using a cloud > service than my own efforts at maintaining things. > > gc > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 2:32 PM Bob Sneidar via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >> FYI I NEVER am going to consolidate all my documents in iCloud. That's >> like hanging a copy of all my keys in the community center that's open 24 >> hours a day to everyone. One day someone is going to lock the doors... >> >> Bob S >> >> >> On Nov 8, 2022, at 13:22 , Geoff Canyon via use-livecode < >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com<mailto:use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>> >> wrote: >> >> I upgraded to Ventura over a week ago. No problems so far with one >> exception: the OS suggested that I consolidate everything onto iCloud for >> universal access and backups. I did so. That resulted in oddities like >> cmd-shift-D now opening iCloud/Desktop instead of something in my home >> directory. Or more accurately, there *is* a "Desktop" folder in my home >> directory that appears not to be an alias, but is invisible? >> >> Anyway, doing this caused the same thing to happen for the Documents >> folder. LiveCode apparently can't find the invisible folder, so e.g. it >> defaulted back to the copy of Navigator included with LiveCode -- which is >> ancient, no one should use it -- instead of the copy in ~/Documents/My >> Livecode/Plugins. >> >> So far, to fix it I hit cmd-shift-period in the Finder. That shows >> invisible files. I'm sure there's a way to un-invisible a folder, and >> hopefully that will fix the issue without causing any issues with what >> Ventura is trying to do with iCloud. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode