But every person I work with should have a time machine drive connected to their computer at all times. If you'd like to use an online backup service in addition to time machine then I wouldn't dissuade you.
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But the software Time Machine is very good in my opinion and it's very rare that I ever see a failure of any type to retrieve data as long as time machine was running. Not to be mistaken with Time Capsule which is a wifi router Apple manufacturers.
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What I do like and trust completely is a physical hard drive connected to your mac using the built in software called Time Machine. Not as easy as time machine to restore the entire contents of a drive. Takes a longer period of time to restore your data if you have a hard drive failure. Slows traffic on your home network as it uploads data constantly via your wifi router. I'm not a fan of online backup services such as iDrive, BackBlaze, Mozy, Carbonite, or Crashplan. Do you have any experience with iDrive or other online backup services? What is your take on cloud backup services? Thanks
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I am thinking of using an online backup service for my Macs and Windows computers and family phones. Notice the similarity in design.ĭo not do business with any of these type companies. Here's the logo of one of the terrible pieces of software I mentioned before. Most users will never use it but it lives on every Mac and is completely harmless. It's a program that allows technical users to write their own set of commands of sorts. It's a program that comes on every Mac and it is written by Apple.
They will use icons that are very close in design to Apple's own intellectual property to try to subliminally convince you they are the good guys. They will use words like "firewall", or "open ports" to try to convince you you need their help. They will say your social security number may have been exposed. They will tell you your computer is unprotected. Then they will tell you to call a phone number for help.
They will show you all the files they say are corrupt. They are setting you up to try to convince you that you have some terrible problems. No No No! These "cleaning" pieces of software are not a good idea to have anything to do with. So far, I have done the scan, and it is now saying that I can clean 2.7 GB of junk files, but I hesitate to go any further until you can confirm that is legit?! Where would it have come from without any Apple or other ID? It seemed to have come out of left field? I see no Apple ID on either of the screens the first one is “powered by Amazon” and the smaller second one simply has a robot looking (Michelin Man) icon on it. It’s title is: “personal files are unprotected” and is accompanied elsewhere (and at different times by a small window) by a request to scan files and then clean the junk files. I tried to take a screen shot of a window that has appeared on my computer several times in the past 24 hours but lost it before I could send it to you.
I'd be happy to assist if you need but I would suggest you give it a try first. There are several programs that will do this but iRip is probably the most straight forward way to do so. However, there is sometimes a need to actually retrieve the music from an iPod due to circumstances like the one you mentioned. That would have lead to the ability to more easily steal music. It was not meant for you to be able to pull the files off. Music on an iPod is generally considered a one way journey. But you'll need a third party piece of software like iRip. My question-is it possible to transfer from the Ipods back to another computer? If so, I would happily pay to have that accomplished as II am afraid that I could lose the music forever. The mothership for both of them is dead and gone. I have two old Ipods with a some old music on them. Scotty- I am one of your client's fiancé and she suggested I contact you.