back from the brink

On 4/10/15 1:37 PM, Erilar wrote:
Aldo Raine wrote:
On 4/9/15 10:00 AM, Erilar wrote:
I'm battling back from disaster-- almost all my apps on the iPad were wiped
clean of all data somewhere in the middle of the nasty battle with a new
computer with the worst OS I've ever had to deal with: Yosemite. I now have
to clear away the old posts here to get up to date before I leave home on
my yearly trip combo and have only Newstap on the iPad with me.


Brink? Disaster?

Hell dude, you only lost the list of which still-there online posts you
read and your Angry Bird best scores...

All the info on off-line maps, everything in Pages, and lots more. At least
I won't be wasting time playing games. Not Angry Birds, though. I got tired
of that long ago.


Probably look to have the iPad backed up to iCloud.

Or if you sync to your Mac regularly (which means turning on Wifi
syncing or plugging in the cable), then do regular backups of the Mac on
Time Machine.

You should be able to restore iPad to your last backup, which would be
backed up every day if you plug in to charge or manually have it back up.

On Mon, 13 Apr 2015 10:15:48 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

On 12 Apr 2015 23:37:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-12, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:33:53 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Ken Blake, MVP
wrote:

Maybe. Unfortunately, not everyone has a backup.

then they're screwed.

Of course. Nevertheless, not having one is very common. I have no
statistics, but if I were a betting man I'd bet that fewer people
don't have backup than those who do have them

I suspect that's much less the case with Mac users, since Time Machine
comes built-in and using it is literally as simple as connecting a hard
drive to the computer and clicking "Use as Backup Disk" when prompted.

I don't personally know any Mac users who do that.

Why not? It's simple enough to do.

I don't know any single good answer. I think it's too complicated to
do. (Complicated?).
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 12 Apr 2015 23:37:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-12, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:33:53 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Ken Blake, MVP
wrote:

Maybe. Unfortunately, not everyone has a backup.

then they're screwed.

Of course. Nevertheless, not having one is very common. I have no
statistics, but if I were a betting man I'd bet that fewer people
don't have backup than those who do have them

I suspect that's much less the case with Mac users, since Time Machine
comes built-in and using it is literally as simple as connecting a hard
drive to the computer and clicking "Use as Backup Disk" when prompted.

I don't personally know any Mac users who do that.

And how many Mac users do you know?

On the other hand, I back up all vital data on PC1 to PC 2. All vital
data on PC 2 is backed up onto PC 1. Then both PC backups are backed
up onto a 4Tb external drive on PC 1. Backups are controlled by Second
Copy http://www.secondcopy.com/ which also is on PC 1.

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

Eric Stevens wrote:

Regards,

Eric Stevens

The no content post :-D It makes reading very easy.
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On Tue, 14 Apr 2015 09:30:30 +0100, Tim Streater
wrote:

In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 12 Apr 2015 23:37:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-12, Ken Blake, MVP wrote:
On Sun, 12 Apr 2015 11:33:53 -0400, nospam
wrote:

In article , Ken Blake, MVP
wrote:

Maybe. Unfortunately, not everyone has a backup.

then they're screwed.

Of course. Nevertheless, not having one is very common. I have no
statistics, but if I were a betting man I'd bet that fewer people
don't have backup than those who do have them

I suspect that's much less the case with Mac users, since Time Machine
comes built-in and using it is literally as simple as connecting a hard
drive to the computer and clicking "Use as Backup Disk" when prompted.

I don't personally know any Mac users who do that.

And how many Mac users do you know?

On the other hand, I back up all vital data on PC1 to PC 2. All vital
data on PC 2 is backed up onto PC 1. Then both PC backups are backed
up onto a 4Tb external drive on PC 1. Backups are controlled by Second
Copy http://www.secondcopy.com/ which also is on PC 1.

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

Ah, so you're throwing your computer away then? That's the only way to
avoid a "user experience", which is what a user (we are all users)
experiences when they use a computer.

Plugging in a new external [1] drive is easy enough; I tend to use the
Firewire port on my Mini for that.

I then go:

System Preferences - Time Machine

and click the On button and click Select Disk... to select the disk I
just plugged in. That's it.

Backups will now happen every hour.

Simples.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

I don't think that you know what the term means.

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On 14 Apr 2015 12:51:13 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

I don't think that you know what the term means.

I know what it means to me. :-)
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 2015-04-14, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 14 Apr 2015 12:51:13 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

I don't think that you know what the term means.

I know what it means to me. :-)

What does it mean to you?

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On 14 Apr 2015 23:10:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-14, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 14 Apr 2015 12:51:13 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

I don't think that you know what the term means.

I know what it means to me. :-)

What does it mean to you?

The experience of everything turning to custard.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

On 2015-04-15, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 14 Apr 2015 23:10:58 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-14, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 14 Apr 2015 12:51:13 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

On 2015-04-13, Eric Stevens wrote:
On 13 Apr 2015 13:48:36 GMT, Jolly Roger wrote:

That's all well and good, but is nowhere near the user experience of
connecting a drive and clicking "Use for Backups".

I don't do it for 'user experience'. In fact, I'm trying to avoid a
'user experience'.

I don't think that you know what the term means.

I know what it means to me. :-)

What does it mean to you?

The experience of everything turning to custard.

More nonsense. Not surprised.

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