Does anybody here back up their Music folder(s) on the Mac, and what sort of software/hardware do you use to do it? I've reached about 7 gigs, so it's too big for a straight dump to a DVD, and even though most of it is music that I have on CD, I'd still like to have the complete set available....
Hell, I don't know. If I had wanted schooling, I'da gone to school.
Jayne ,'Ariel'
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Theodosia - Jul 16, 2006 3:42:40 am PDT #8505 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Tom Scola - Jul 16, 2006 3:44:15 am PDT #8506 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I use a second, external hard drive to back up my Mac.
Lee - Jul 16, 2006 4:56:48 am PDT #8507 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I have a LaCie external hard drive that I back every up on.
I need to do that again soon, come to think of it.
Theodosia - Jul 16, 2006 5:04:22 am PDT #8508 of 10003
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I was afraid it was something like that.
::makes a note of Even More Stuff to Buy sometime::
In the meantime, I'm copying it out artists A-J and K-Z (the Compilations folder throws off the usual alphabetic split). That gets it on two DVDs...
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2006 6:51:54 am PDT #8509 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Microsoft pissed me off this morning, when I came down to find Automatic Updates had rebooted my computer.
Helpful Windows tip #3:
Turn off automatic restart after Windows Update.
1. Go to Start...run. Type gpedit.msc in the field, and click OK.
2. Click Local Computer Policy.... Computer Configuration... Administrative Templates... Windows Components... Windows Updates.
3. Double-click "No auto-restart for scheduled Automatic Updates installations."
4. Click the radio button next to Enabled.
5. Click OK.
6. Reboot when you get around to it.
eta: gpedit.msc should be in the \windows\system32 folder. I will see if I can track down which version of Windows XP has it.
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2006 1:32:39 pm PDT #8510 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Aha, it doesn't come with XP Home.
Alternateve method:
1. Copy the text below into Notepad. Save it with a .reg extension. Open and confirm that you want to copy the data into your registry.
------beginText-------------------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsWindowsUpdateAU]
"RebootRelaunchTimeoutEnabled"=dword:00000000
"NoAutoRebootWithLoggedOnUsers"=dword:00000001
------End Text-------------------
le nubian - Jul 16, 2006 1:36:21 pm PDT #8511 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I just don't let it do automatic updates. It has to check with me before it downloads any updates.
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2006 1:38:22 pm PDT #8512 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Windows is so full of holes, I, like many others, get tired of the constant having to remember to update.
le nubian - Jul 16, 2006 1:52:29 pm PDT #8513 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah, but it tells me in the toolbar when it is time to update. I just click on the button and update when I want to and restart at the end of the day. Not a problem and I'm never out of the loop update-wise. Anyone can set the software to notify before updates are downloaded and installed.
I pick and choose which updates I want. For instance, I refuse to install the updates that tell me if I'm using a bona fide copy of Windows (I am, I know I am, I purchased the Dell computers from the manufacturer and I purchased Office from my university and installed it myself).
DCJensen - Jul 16, 2006 2:35:23 pm PDT #8514 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
I refuse to install the updates that tell me if I'm using a bona fide copy of Windows
I turned that off a while ago. Windows Genuine Advantage is causing all sorts of havoc at work, and on legitimate copies of Windows installed on our machines all across the country.