Re: Mac and Xy

[David Auerbach auerbach@xxxxxxxx]

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