I got a lasie ethernet big disk 1tb on ewegg, butg don't remember what I payed for it.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Blouch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 11:52 AM Subject: Re: Time Machine VS Manual Backup As of yesterday the cheapest bare drive I saw on newegg.com was $80 for a 640GB drive, which works out to about 12.5 cents per GB in $US. The 500GB for $65 was a close second at 13 cents per GB. CB Scott Howell wrote: > Actually yes you would. The reason is that if you were to delete > something, TIme Machine has no clue whether you intended to do this or > made a mistake. I would not worry about that either. The reason is > that you can set Time Machine to automatically delete old backups so > this way at some point that 10Gb of data you dumped will be dumped > itself. Time Machine is very good at managing the space on your drive. > I would recommend having at least a drive equal to or larger than your > internal drive. My Time Capsule has 500Gb and I just got a new iMac > with 300Gb storage. Of course we backup all the machines to the Time > Capsule so space will become limited at some point if I really filled > this drive. :) However, the good thing is you can slap a usb hub on > the Time Capsule and dangle more drives and use those if you wanted. > The good thing is, drives are getting cheaper. Ah yes, I remember the > day when a 120Mb drive cost me $1,000. Imagine that. > On Sep 18, 2008, at 1:36 AM, Søren Jensen wrote: > >> Hi Scott. >> I've also got a little external harddisc I'll use to backup my Mac. >> I've made a backup of the whole system. What happen if I de-site to >> remove some programs? Can I choose to remove these programs in Time >> machine as well? If I remove 10 gb of data which I don't use anymore, >> do I then have to remove it manually from my backup disc? >> Best regards >> Søren Jensen >> Mail & MSN: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Website: >> http://www.coolfortheblind.dk/ >> >> On 18/09/2008, at 01.07, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> The short answer is Time Machine will backup your Mac to a drive and >>> will continue to do so hourly. It will allow you to immediately go >>> and retrieve something you've deleted and possibly dumped from your >>> trash and suddenly realize you want it. Also, it's done >>> automatically so you don't have to think about it. Of course it'll >>> only backup items that have been changed, are new etc. Copying and >>> so forth is of course another option available to you, provided you >>> are faithful in doing this on a regular basis. >>> Hope that helps. >>> On Sep 17, 2008, at 4:54 PM, Tiffany D wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, so I got my new external hard drive and am wondering. What's the >>>> difference between using Time Machine to back up my files and just >>>> copying and pasting? I want to back up things on a few different >>>> computers: my Mac, my parents' XP desktop, my XP desktop and possibly >>>> my XP laptop, if I can ever get it to work long enough to do that. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Tiffanitsa >>>> -- >>>> http://tiffany.yourpassionconsultant.com >>>> (Adults only. Parties and products for your sentual needs! >>>> Educational, tasteful and fun!) >>>> >>> >>> Scott Howell >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
