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Also, I've noticed that if you click on the 'buy now' link on bitsdujour then open https://agilewebsolutions.com/store in a new tab all the 1Password products (except the iOS ones) are available at half price. Hope this is helpful for someone. Cheers, Paul. On 16 February 2011 09:28, Toby Leighton <[email protected]> wrote: > macs are great in that you can very easily boot almost any mac using a hard > disk from almost any other mac (you usually cant boot a brand new released > piece of hardware from a disk with an older os until there has been at least > 1 service pack, and obviously intel-powerpc isn't going to happen) but from > laptops to mac-mini to an x-serve, its all fair game! > > The main thing I have changed in my working practice is to keep whatever > I'm currently working on in dropbox. It so yes theres a lot of up and down > on the internet, but its actually not that bad when its little and often. > > must get round to 1password next. > > > On 16 February 2011 00:33, Mark Schofield > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> I had a when not if situation when my hard drive made a couple of >> clicking noises then died. All gone. >> >> My backup was three-four weeks old so all was not lost bit some things >> were and trying to understand what was and wasn't took a lot of time. >> >> My response: >> >> Hourly TimeMachine backups to a network >> A daily back-up clone to a USB drive >> Dropbox >> Evernote >> IMAP emails >> 1Password >> >> I hope this is good enough. I recommend at least the same. >> >> Yours >> Mark >> >> Mark Schofield, Hove. >> >> >> >> >> On Feb 15, 8:23 pm, Ranulph Glanville <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I find that it's essential to keep a second, cloned backup on a portable >> disc, as well as a time machine backup. When, as happens all too frequently, >> my MBP goes to MacHospital, I use an old machine with the backup disc as >> startup disc. Then, when I get my MBP back (usual turn round 2 weeks, I'm >> afraid) I restore from the back up disc I was using as a startup disc, and >> then rebackup on time machine. >> > >> > This way I have 2 backups and I have a recent machine from which I can >> work on another mac. >> > >> > I use data backup, from ProSoft, who are very good for recovery and >> other emergency stuff. >> > >> > Ranulph >> > >> > On 15 Feb 2011, at 10:36, Toby Leighton wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > Hello all, >> > >> > > I am going to send this to the SMUG group, who helped me out a lot >> yesterday morning when I was in a slightly frantic panic, and to BNM because >> there are a lot of mac users, and freelancers who may benefit from the >> advice here. I wouldn't usually cross post like this, or write such a long >> essay of an email so I hope this is allowed in this case. >> > >> > > After yesterday mornings "dead computer" situation I am pleased to >> report that I am already back up and running, repaired and everything. >> Apple store turned the repair around for me much faster than I was >> anticipating, not because I got any special favours, but because they were >> quiet at the moment, they already had the necessary part in stock etc. I >> was lucky in this case, I know this. >> > >> > > So I was prepared to be without my main computer for approx 1 week, >> and I would like to announce the programs, and lessons learned so that >> everyone here can see how a very real potential disaster was made rather >> painless indeed. I rely on my computer for my work, as I'm sure many of you >> do too, so I strongly encourage everyone here to look at their own >> situations and how much you rely on your own tech and what you would do if >> the worst were to happen... >> > >> > > 1) have a spare computer. Mine is an old but working G4 tower, It was >> free from this very group (cogapp was clearing out), and its now running OSX >> 10.5 server. It was too slow for me to carry on the photoshop work I was >> doing. Opening a 600dpi tif file even in preview took rather a while so I >> wasn't going to entertain the notion of doing any touch-up work. >> > > Lesson learned. If you have a spare computer, It can be quite old, >> but make sure that it is at least capable of running the applications you >> need, even if you don't keep them installed. If I needed any intel only >> apps I would have been stuck, so a backup computer capable of running the >> same OS would have been ideal, but this did the job. I was able to finish >> the scanning I was doing, the touch-ups can wait until the main computer is >> back. >> > >> > > 2) backups! Time machine is good, but you can only access your backed >> up files from another mac using the time machine interface. I have moved >> away from time machine and now use crashplan which works in exactly the same >> style as time machine, but you can restore your files (including different >> versions of them) from a PC, linux, mac os, or even web page interface. You >> can use it to backup any computer to any other computer for free! regardless >> of the OS! I pay them $5 a month for unlimited online storage (for one >> computer) and right now it feels like the best $5 I have ever spent in my >> life. >> > > Lesson learned - I had removed my scanning folder from the backup set, >> as it would have been sending hundreds of 50-60Mb files up and down the >> internet which weren't going to be staying as TIF for very long as they get >> worked on and resized down. This was foolish, because when the computer >> failed, these were exactly the files that I needed to get to the most, and >> I'm paying for unlimited online storage, so I may as well not be scared to >> make use of it. Luckily I was able to move them using target mode into.... >> > >> > > 3) Dropbox. The documents I need to keep handy, such as my invoices >> and receipts are in Dropbox. Theres also some company sensitive stuff in >> there too, so luckily I was able to use my mac in target mode to remove the >> Dropbox folder before sending it in for service. Dropbox doesn't have a >> remote-wipe functionality, which would in hindsight be a nice feature, but >> it allowed me to access my important documents from my iphone, and from >> public computers using the web interface. All this for free! its beyond >> belief. I feel like I should give them some money because its so good, but >> their free product meets my needs perfectly well. >> > >> > > 4) passwords. I live by keychain in macosx. I randomly generate >> password for everything and keep them all in keychains. You can access your >> keychain as a file, the default one is ~/Library/Keychains/login.keychain >> When you go to another computer, just copy that file with you. optionally >> rename it to "my passwords" if you wish, and double click it. When you are >> on the other machine you will still be able to access your webspace / ebay / >> bank / wifi networks by entering your old account password. >> > > Lesson learned! keychain is great, like time machine, but its mac >> only. I have been meaning for ages to move away from keychain and start >> using the program called 1passwd. like crashplan, it does the same thing as >> keychain, only you can use it on windows as well, and even your iphone. >> > >> > > So with the combination of those programs I was able to send my >> computer straight into the apple store for repair, rather than having to >> spend half a day faffing around getting my important stuff off it first and >> hoping I had remembered everything I needed... the sooner it goes in for >> repair, the sooner it is back working. >> > >> > > For the benefit of the BNM readers, I am obviously using a mac here as >> my main computer, but the programs mentioned are all available for windows >> and sometimes linux too. This means that I could at a moments notice >> effectively carry on with my work on any computer I had to hand. If sony >> hadn't removed linux support from the PS3 I could have even used that as a >> reasonably powerful machine instead of the G4 tower. This week I have 3 >> pieces of work on, plus an interview on wednesday, so its not exactly an >> ideal time to be without my computer, but then again, is it ever an ideal >> time for these things to happen? >> > >> > > Please all learn from my positive experience and prepare yourselves >> for the disaster before it actually happens. Most of the programs I have >> mentioned are either free or very very cheap. >> > >> > > Toby >> > >> > > -- >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> > > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// >> groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Sussex Mac User Group" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. 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