Comments on: Pros on the Macbook Pro http://chip.kcubes.com/2009/03/01/pros-on-the-macbook-pro/ Tech commentary of thoughts, challenges, how-to's, and the mundane. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Portable External Hard Drive http://chip.kcubes.com/2009/03/01/pros-on-the-macbook-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-148 Portable External Hard Drive Sun, 05 Apr 2009 07:20:09 +0000 http://chip.kcubes.com/?p=45#comment-148 Using such a hdd will definitely save my data in safety :) Using such a hdd will definitely save my data in safety :)

]]> By: chip http://chip.kcubes.com/2009/03/01/pros-on-the-macbook-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-146 chip Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:55:07 +0000 http://chip.kcubes.com/?p=45#comment-146 Why are you surprised? And yes, K and I both have 1TB external drives purchased for exactly this purpose. (Okay, not exactly. Originally, mine was purchased to store files from computers at UCSD when I no longer claimed them as mine. So then it was just convenient. K's was purchased for this reason though, because I liked how it worked, and have always felt that our laptop backup scheme was the weak link in our current backup strategy.) To be honest, I don't know anything about automator or AFP. Is it that TimeMachine uses automator, and thus you are saying that TimeMachine doesn't work for you unless the network drive is running AFP, which google tells me is an Apple Filer Protocol? I can't say anything about that. But it works quite well for external drives. We just plug them in every once in a while to make sure we get backed up. And if we forget for more than 10 days, it reminds us we need to do it. Why are you surprised? And yes, K and I both have 1TB external drives purchased for exactly this purpose. (Okay, not exactly. Originally, mine was purchased to store files from computers at UCSD when I no longer claimed them as mine. So then it was just convenient. K’s was purchased for this reason though, because I liked how it worked, and have always felt that our laptop backup scheme was the weak link in our current backup strategy.)

To be honest, I don’t know anything about automator or AFP. Is it that TimeMachine uses automator, and thus you are saying that TimeMachine doesn’t work for you unless the network drive is running AFP, which google tells me is an Apple Filer Protocol? I can’t say anything about that. But it works quite well for external drives. We just plug them in every once in a while to make sure we get backed up. And if we forget for more than 10 days, it reminds us we need to do it.

]]> By: Michael http://chip.kcubes.com/2009/03/01/pros-on-the-macbook-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-145 Michael Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:27:28 +0000 http://chip.kcubes.com/?p=45#comment-145 I'm a little surprised to see that you're using Time Machine. Do you have an external hard drive that you're backing up to? I've been looking into automating a backup routine for my Mac at work, but I've run into problems with not being able to use Automator to save an archive to an external (network) drive that isn't running AFP. I’m a little surprised to see that you’re using Time Machine. Do you have an external hard drive that you’re backing up to?

I’ve been looking into automating a backup routine for my Mac at work, but I’ve run into problems with not being able to use Automator to save an archive to an external (network) drive that isn’t running AFP.

]]>