On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:57 , steve harley wrote:
On 2010-06-04 01:48 , AlunFoto wrote:
Since I don't own a Mac, why would I have wasted money on a Time
Machine? :-)
But truth be told, I investigated the possiblilty of using a TM to
back up my windows computers.
<snip>
you seem have Time Machine confused with Time _Capsule_, which is a
wireless/wired router plus NAS that Apple sells; on a Mac it
integrates with Time Machine, but it doesn't automate backups for
Windows, so would just be a somewhat spiffy router & raw NAS
<http://www.apple.com/timecapsule/>
<snip>
Anyway, I know there are lots of Mac aficionados on this list like
yourself, Steve Harley, Cotty and David Mann, but the more you're
You left out Paul Sorenson, Paul Stenquist, Adam Mass, John Francis,
to name a few. I personally no longer consider myself anywhere near a
Mac Guru, if I truly ever was. I'm damn good at figuring shit out in
hardware or software, if I'm willing to take the time. Problem is,
with my mind, if the same thing comes up a month later, I won't
remember how I figured it out. That's why Apple has several hundred of
my dollars for iMac (and any software that came with), MacBook
(ditto), and Aperture which allows me to have someone immersed in the
genre give me help in navigating the intricacies of the operation of
the ever morphing modern computer.
demonstrating their knowledge, the more likely it becomes that one
actually _has_ to invest just as much into system knowledge with Macs
as you have to with Windows, in order to use the system optimally.
define optimally?
i've invested a lot in learning Mac OS, but i'm a software
developer; i don't seek to know everything, i seek to know
principles; so it helps that from both a users and a developer's
perspective the Mac OS X the architecture is very consistent; being
able to use my Unix skills that stem from circa 1980 is also handy;
but i can also let go of knowing details and trust certain aspects
of the system to "just work", though they'll tend to behave in ways
a more basic user would prefer; that's what i like about the iPhone,
for example -- i can't tweak it, so i just let go and use it
<snip>
actually, you can use any hard drive with the Time Machine software
Then one day shit happens, [...]
In this scenario, I must totally rely on the system. Would I retrieve
everything? [...]
>
Oh, and of course I will most likely run into a problem with Adobe's
bitchy DRM on LR [...]
What say you?
yes, that's how Time Machine works (apart from the confusion with
Time Capsule); in a total restoration scenario (which i haven't done
personally) you can restore your whole setup to any computer and
everything works; there are gotchas with activation schemes which
are keyed to the physical hard drive; i'm not sure if Adobe still
does that, but in those cases software may need reactivation, or if
the activation scheme is particularly stupid, reinstallation
Thank you Steve.
You got up earlier than I this morning, or at least got online first.
And you are a current developer compared to my 30 year old legacy. You
covered almost all the points I had flagged from the previous posts.
Steve is the type of person I wish I could talk to when I call Apple
support and would like an error log looked at to tell me what and why,
instead of the "restart your Mac holding down the shift key" or "log
out and create another user account" that the 1st tier folks put you
through, because they think your question will be answered by what
comes up on their search of the knowledge database. I always look
there first, and wouldn't be calling if a search came up with the
answer. One refreshing change I've noticed in the past two months is
that the 2nd tier troubleshooters give you their email address, their
phone number, plus the hours and days they work. I'm sure (snicker)
that Microsoft does the same for their customers. Oh, and Apple
support folks are in several places in the eastern United States, plus
Texas.
If it doesn’t excite you,
This thing that you see,
Why in the world,
Would it excite me?
—Jay Maisel
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