On Nov 15, 2009, at 7:52 AM, Al Poulin wrote: > On Nov 14, 7:25 pm, Jeffrey Engle <macgu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I've been trusting in CCC for 2-3 years and now I'm heart sick to >> find >> that some of my home movies have gone bye-bye. The movies "look to >> be" >> there, but when you double click them to watch them, there is no >> "time >> duration" all you get is "0:00" and all that's left is a "photo" >> representation of the movie that used to be there. I've been backing >> up to other drives for a long time as my iphoto library is very large >> and had no reason till now to believe that anything was amiss. I hope >> time machine is better :-( Jeff > > I cannot hope to help solve this problem, but for the sake of > providing more information, I'd like to pose a few questions where > your answers may help Dan and others understand your situation. How > have you excluded other possible causes? Since iphoto is the only program that's relatively untouched by anything else but CCC, That was my conclusion. I might be wrong here... > When did you last make a > successful retrieval from the backups? 2007 > Have you moved iPhoto contents > from one media to another since then? only from one drive to another via CCC > Have you "upgraded" the OS > since then? No > , "updated" iPhoto since then? I have upgraded iPhoto > I have the vague impression > that some folks have lost the connection to their photos for several > reasons not related to CCC. > > What settings have you been using in CCC? Has Time Machine been > better? I've always used CCC in the past simply because it make a bootable backup. The last time I used Time Machine over a network connection with my macbook I had problems with it. The one thing that hasn't failed me so far is simply burning to disks and that's what I'm going to continue to do from now on. Jeff > > Al Poulin > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a > group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a > particular focus on Power Macs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
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