> Curious, why is this bad? 1. Backup...the entire DB file (mine is hundreds of MB) needs to be backed up. I backup everyday, both to external drive and offsite. That means the large Yojimbo file needs to be backed up every day, taking up unnecessary bandwidth and disk space.
2. Data integrity...if the database file gets corrupted, you could lose all your data instead of only 1 item. The Yojimbo competitor Together (http://reinventedsoftware.com/together/) does it this way, storing each record in a separate file. 3. Time Machine...this breaks things like time machine which offers "roll-back" capability. Contrast the way that Microsoft Outlook (not sure about Entourage) and Mail.app store mail messages. Outlook puts everything in a single database file. Mail.app stores each message in a separate file (but utilizes a database file for indexing). I have 3GB of email which means that Outlook would require backing up a 3GB file wheres for Mail.app, I only need to backup the new message files and the small index file. > Hmmm, I would always be skeptical of a backup solution that runs > on live data. I would never use a backup solution that didn't run on live data. Thankfully the days of "they system is down for backup" are long gone. Whether I use Time Machine or I use Super Duper or Chronosync or something else, I'm certainly not about to take my machine offline or logout to do the backup. Cheers, Rhet On 2/14/08, Jan Erik Moström <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rhet Turnbull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08-02-14 15.09 > > > >Then again, Yojimbo's habit of storing > >everything in a monolithic database has been one of my (few) critiques > >since Yojimbo was released. > > > Curious, why is this bad? > > > >I hope that BareBones and/or Apple gets this fixed soon. Requiring > >the user to have two separate backup plans is unacceptable. > > > Hmmm, I would always be skeptical of a backup solution that runs > on live data. > > jem > -- > Jan Erik Moström, www.mostrom.pp.se > > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list <yojimbo-talk@barebones.com>. > To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/yojimbotalk.lasso> > Have a feature request, or not sure if the software's working > correctly? Please send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list <yojimbo-talk@barebones.com>. To unsubscribe, send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List archives: <http://www.listsearch.com/yojimbotalk.lasso> Have a feature request, or not sure if the software's working correctly? Please send mail to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
