Re: Mac and Xy

[Harry Binswanger hb@xxxxxxxx]

Thanks, David. (And thanks for the "On Denoting" material which I'm going 
through.)

--Harry

> SuperDuper! plus the built-in TimeMachine make a nice pair. I have two
> attached (daisy-chained firewire) harddrives (each partitioned). One
> gets periodic SuperDuper! backups (bootable, so that I occasionally
> boot from the backup in order to perform maintenance that can't be
> done on the startup drive) and the other gets automatic TimeMachine
> backups that (via an overly jazzy interface) allows you to go back to
> the last night at 8pm version of (a file, your email, a folder, your
> address book, etc.).
>
>
>
> David Auerbach
> Department of Philosophy & Religion
> Box 8103
> NCSU
> Raleigh, NC  27695-8103
>
>
> On Aug 1, at 3:18 PM, Harry Binswanger wrote:
>
> > Flash,
> >
> > Yes, I think my Mac friend recommended this, but thanks for the
> > reminder.
> > --Harry
> > > Harry,
> > >
> > > ≪I haven't decided, but I'm leaning that way because of two things:
> > > constant irritation with Windows, culminating in my having to re- format
> > > and install the factory Win XP, then spend a week re-installing
> > > everything (with many "how to's" forgotten). Plus, a Mac-fanatic
> > > friend
> > > showed me how easy it is to run Windows on the new Macs, with
> > > Parallels
> > > or VM Fusion. He could actually have a Mac window and a Windows
> > > window
> > > open simultaneously, seamlessly. When my system went blooey, he
> > > explained how simple it is to take "snapshots" of the virtual Windows
> > > from time to time and easily roll back (I couldn't get System
> > > Restore to
> > > do any restoring). ≫
> > >
> > > Once you get your Mac up and running, get yourself the program called
> > > "SuperDuper!" ; it makes bootable images of the Mac OX and deposits
> > > them
> > > on an external hardrive. Freeware (no frills); pay for extra
> > > features.
> >
> >
> > Harry Binswanger
> > hb@xxxxxxxx



Harry Binswanger
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