On Time Machine
15/11/07 22:06 Filed in: Reader Response
On Nov
13, 2007, at 6:21 AM, Christopher Laird wrote:
Hey Mark,
Like you I did the usually unadvisable and upgraded the day it came out as I was in the US at the time. I am very pleased with the result given, of course, the inevitable upgrades one may need for some utilities. But then I keep my machine as simple and as stripped down as I can.
Your review missed what I think is without doubt THE greatest thing about Leopard. Time Machine. It is unbelievable and fantastic. just what we have wanted ever since the beginning of computers.
regards
Christopher
On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:34 AM, BitDepth wrote:
Hello Chris
Thanks for responding. The thing is, I find it hard to be fair about Time Machine because I really dislike it. At a time when Apple is selling more than 60 percent of its Mac line in the form of laptops, they create a backup product that demands that the computer be hooked up to an external drive full time to work properly. For folks who do exactly that, I agree, it's a wonderful idea that apparently works well, but the same roadwarriors that Apple is working so hard to cultivate won't find it quite as useful or as elegant.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Christopher Laird wrote:
That isn't so. You don't need to be plugged in all the time unless you are deleting important files all the time.
I have a laptop and all you do is back up whenever you want and it takes about ten minutes once the first backup is done. So whenever I have changed things on my machine or every-other day or so i just plug in for ten minutes and I'm safe.
I've already had to use it to recover my addresses which all got corrupted due to a bad phone sync. It is truly amazing how it works. You would ideally not want to back up on any old hard drive (external or internal) I bought a small (1Tb ) Raid ($390) made it redundant and I know my data is safe.
Roadwarriors all have external drives anyway if they really are road warriors because the largest internal drive is hardly big enough for most things.
I have as my external work drive the little big LaCie which is a 200GB RAID. If I wanted to, I could back up on that also or one like it and move with it, it fits easily in my laptop bag pocket. And I have room for two more if necessary.
I have tried many backup programmes and none of them work as easily, accurately or conveniently as Timemachine. for me, that feature alone and the security it provides is worth the upgrade.
Christopher
Hey Mark,
Like you I did the usually unadvisable and upgraded the day it came out as I was in the US at the time. I am very pleased with the result given, of course, the inevitable upgrades one may need for some utilities. But then I keep my machine as simple and as stripped down as I can.
Your review missed what I think is without doubt THE greatest thing about Leopard. Time Machine. It is unbelievable and fantastic. just what we have wanted ever since the beginning of computers.
regards
Christopher
On Nov 13, 2007, at 9:34 AM, BitDepth wrote:
Hello Chris
Thanks for responding. The thing is, I find it hard to be fair about Time Machine because I really dislike it. At a time when Apple is selling more than 60 percent of its Mac line in the form of laptops, they create a backup product that demands that the computer be hooked up to an external drive full time to work properly. For folks who do exactly that, I agree, it's a wonderful idea that apparently works well, but the same roadwarriors that Apple is working so hard to cultivate won't find it quite as useful or as elegant.
On Nov 13, 2007, at 12:59 PM, Christopher Laird wrote:
That isn't so. You don't need to be plugged in all the time unless you are deleting important files all the time.
I have a laptop and all you do is back up whenever you want and it takes about ten minutes once the first backup is done. So whenever I have changed things on my machine or every-other day or so i just plug in for ten minutes and I'm safe.
I've already had to use it to recover my addresses which all got corrupted due to a bad phone sync. It is truly amazing how it works. You would ideally not want to back up on any old hard drive (external or internal) I bought a small (1Tb ) Raid ($390) made it redundant and I know my data is safe.
Roadwarriors all have external drives anyway if they really are road warriors because the largest internal drive is hardly big enough for most things.
I have as my external work drive the little big LaCie which is a 200GB RAID. If I wanted to, I could back up on that also or one like it and move with it, it fits easily in my laptop bag pocket. And I have room for two more if necessary.
I have tried many backup programmes and none of them work as easily, accurately or conveniently as Timemachine. for me, that feature alone and the security it provides is worth the upgrade.
Christopher
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