just one note that has bitten me, about using these cloud backup services: they are not great at storing databases (which includes git repos, since the git tree is just a db). there are db's that take snapshots as part of their backup process (then you backup the snapshot, not the db). backing up a db via cloud storage (again, including a git repo) will eventually burn you. you can fix it, but it can take hours. but with time machine/retrospect/etc. - no issues.
On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 5:41 PM matthias rebbe via use-livecode < use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > I forgot to mention that the part with the "multiple drives defined for > Time Machine" is valid for all macOS versions, not just Ventura. > > > > Am 13.11.2022 um 23:36 schrieb matthias rebbe via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > > > > As Jacque has written, but > > > > in Ventura you can decide if the backup shall be done only manually, > every hour, every day or every week. > > > > And if you have defined more than one drive for the Time Machine > backups and if you have them all connected at the same time to your > computer then the first backup is done first on the first one, then the > next backup on the second one and so on and then again on the first drive. > > > > If you have defined more than one drive for the backup, but you only > attach one drive at a time, then the backup is written to that drive. If > you attach an other of the defined drives and remove the other one, then > the backup is written the newly attached drive. > > > > I for example have always 1 "real" drive attached and i also use my > Synology NAS as a second drive for the Time Machine backups. > > > > > > Regards, > > Matthias > > > > > > > >> Am 13.11.2022 um 09:02 schrieb Mark Smith via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>: > >> > >> Brilliant. I’m inspired. (I presume you can program Time Machine to use > drive A on Mon, Wed, Fri, drive B on Tues, Thurs, Sat kind of thing?). > >> > >>> On 11 Nov 2022, at 9:45 pm, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode < > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11/10/22 12:40 PM, Geoff Canyon via use-livecode wrote: > >>>> I think my odds are better using a cloud > >>>> service than my own efforts at maintaining things. > >>> > >>> I do both local and cloud backups. If you haven't set up Time Machine > I highly recommend it. I have two backup drives on my Mac and Time Machine > alternates backups between them. I never have to think about it, and it's > saved me more times than I can count, especially when I save a stack and > later find out I introduced problems. I just grab the last working copy and > get back to work. When I travel, I put one of the drives in a safe place at > home and take the other one with me, just in case. That came in handy once > when I had to review a script to answer a client's question while I was out > of town. SSD drives are just a little larger than a cigarette pack, > inexpensive, and easy to carry. > >>> > >>> I also have Google Drive set up to automatically backup a few > important folders including my client folder. That way I have essentially > three backups of the important stuff. The good part is that I don't have to > do anything at all, the copies take care of themselves. > >>> > >>> The initial setup happened a couple of decades ago when I lost > everything. My Mac's hard drive failed suddenly and my entire digital life > went with it. I'm obsessive now. It's entirely possible to be lazy about > backups and still have them. > >>> > >>> BTW, one or the other backup drives has failed a couple of times over > the years. I take the dead one offline and Time Machine will continue to > backup to the other one until I can get a replacement. This happens about > every 3-5 years. > >>> > >>> I haven't lost any data since the original catastrophe. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. 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