MacBook Pro tech help?
Jun 4, 2015 12:22:04 #
Gene51 wrote:
But I don't understand. Isn't this an Apple product? From what all the fanboys and fangirls say, it's supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. And being a Mac, it's not supposed to require ANY technical skills whatsoever. What gives?
Sliced bread is even better with a little bit of butter. . . most computer problems, be they with a PC or Mac, exist with the person at the keyboard.
Jun 4, 2015 12:59:49 #
Gene51 wrote:
But I don't understand. Isn't this an Apple product? From what all the fanboys and fangirls say, it's supposed to be the best thing since sliced bread. And being a Mac, it's not supposed to require ANY technical skills whatsoever. What gives?
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lol... As with most any computer, even a bit of technical acumen on a Mac will get you farther faster. For example, if you know how to set up rsync and cron jobs, you probably wouldn't even need Time Machine, although I can't really think of a good reason not to use it.
I use Time Machine to backup everything to one drive, and rsync for backing up just my photo library to another. I never need to select or drag and drop anything anywhere, don't need to wait for "Copying..." dialogs to complete, and don't need to remember to do it, either. If you can grok this Terminal command, backups get a whole lot easier, and you don't have to use any special backup program with a cute GUI to do it:
'rsync -vua --exclude=".*" --delete /Users/User1/Pictures/ /Volumes/Backup/_Pictures'
(Copies the contents of my 'Pictures' folder to a backup folder, ignoring unchanged files that already exist, replacing updated files with their current version, and adding any new files, excluding 'invisibles', and deleting files that no longer exist in that folder on the source.) For the complete plethora of 'rsync' options, type 'man rsync' in Terminal...
Jun 4, 2015 13:26:00 #
Gene51 wrote:
All kidding aside, why are you just saving exported files? Why not the original, full-sized images? Why not use a backup program like Backblaze, Chronosync, or Carbon Copy Cloner - better than what you are trying to implement and it can run every evening and back up new and modified files.
I had never heard of these programs but after looking them up, I can see where I need to get serious about getting something like carbon copy cloner. Thanks for your input.
Jun 4, 2015 13:30:59 #
RichieC wrote:
...I entered: (moving images from photos app yosem... (show quote)
Thanks for these links, they made for some informative reading. Your input is appreciated.
Jun 4, 2015 13:32:16 #
Earworms wrote:
. . . most computer problems, be they with a PC or Mac, exist with the person at the keyboard.
Unfortunately, in this case you are right on target.
Jun 4, 2015 15:04:30 #
Both iPhoto and Photo will store the image files in some folder - there will be a default place, probably named Pictures. Just go to that folder and select the image files you wish to back up, then drag them to the external hard drive. You might want to create a folder (named as you prefer) on the hard drive, make an alias of it and drag the alias to the desktop, to make the drag & drop easier.
Jun 4, 2015 22:59:41 #
Ok what was OPs question again? Instead of throwing insults back and forth arguing over which computer system is better, like a bunch of 2 yr olds, how about trying to help OP with his problem.
Jun 9, 2015 09:15:10 #
Tomcat5133
Loc: Gladwyne PA
Just a comment about Time Machine. I have had Mac's since the 1980's. Do not use time machine. It slows the computer and causes strange things to happen on the network. the best method is do get external drives and copy files that you wan't backup to the drives.
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