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Why Mac users should do backups
In a perfect world we would never have to worry about burglary, fire or, Heaven forfend, asteroid strike. Our concerns would be making sure that our project was going well, that the latest upgrade hadn’t messed up our libraries and that we had correctly formatted that email to … [Read more...]
Why Mac Users should do Backups
Why Backup? HDD failure. Virus infection (Mainly Windows) Your computer could be destroyed by Fire, Flood or Stolen. Accidental deletion of objects. (an object is a common term for anything that exists on your computer such as a file, photograph, video, music, e-mail entry … [Read more...]
Why Mac Users Should Do Backups: The EHDcubed Approach
Avid YMUGers will remember my tale of woe when my iMac began running slowly and then wouldn’t open at all. What was worse the external drive on my Time Machine backup also froze, so I had no way to access the material on the Mac. Eventually I had to carry the 27” Mac into the Apple store, no mean … [Read more...]
Rules in Mail
Some people don't like mactalk much because their inboxes get a bit overrun with mactalk emails if we're being particularly chatty. One option for dealing with that is to set up a special mailbox for mactalk messages. Then you won't see them unless you want to. CREATE A MAILBOX First … [Read more...]
Postings guide for MacTalk
Firstly, you may want to ask ‘Why does how we post to MacTalk matter?’. Other MUGS and forums (fora) may not have the same ‘thing’ about posting etiquette, and that is their choice. But, here in MacTalk, it has been agreed that, actually, it does matter, so, we ask that anyone who ‘chooses’ to join … [Read more...]