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I am posting this from the espresso machine MacBook Pro. It started up fine after >100 hours of being off and inverted in a cool, ventilated room.
Regular backups are definitely in order, though, since I have no way of knowing whether it's all really okay. (But hell, I should be backing up regularly anyway; I backed up the old laptop anywhere from every 1-2 weeks. I think I need to back this one up more frequently. Fortunately it has Time Machine on it, so that will be easy. Although it was easy on the old laptop, too; I just used Carbon Copy Cloner software.)
And related to backups, I have a question that reveals my lack of knowledge: is it common for external hard drives to have an AC adaptor for power? The external hard drive I was using to back up my iBook is 160 GB and probably 3 years old, and it was powered through the laptop's USB port.
I don't really care if it's common for the external hard drives to have AC adaptors; I just didn't realize that they did.
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Yay!
Yes, my external hard drive is ac powered. But, you know, it's in the closet in the media room, and completely untethered to any computer directly, because I am the kind of geek who put ethernet ports in her closets.
I'm not sure it is common, but some of the bigger external hard drives typically need more than the USB port for power. Like getting into the multiple terabyte category.
I have a 1TB hard drive that does just fine from the USB port.
Mine is 2TB, if that figures.
I'm not sure it is common, but some of the bigger external hard drives typically need more than the USB port for power. Like getting into the multiple terabyte category.
I have a 1TB hard drive that does just fine from the USB port.
Interesting. I'm looking at 1 TB drives. I'd prefer one that is powered from the USB port, but it's not a deal-breaker.
I have one of each. I am way more likely to do timely backups on the USB-powered drive. It's that one more bit of simple. I just drag it over to wherever I am and let Time Machine whirl. Reminds me, I need to do a backup now.
Is one prong wider than the other? Do your outlets have one slot wider than the other so that the plug can only go in one way? If the answer to both questions is yes, then you've got nothing to worry about. Everything is correctly grounded.
Um...both prongs are the same size. I think I'll be returning this baby.
My backup drive is EVEN EASIER. It just sits there. And I walk in the house with the laptop, and it goes, oh, hey, you've been working. Here, let me grab all those files that have changed or are new for you. I will keep them safely here on my mini RAID arrayed self, two copies of them.
Question: what is a decent print to TIFF program for the PC. Normally when I ask this kind of question the problem is too few. This time google gives me thousands of hits, most which are actual print2Tiff programs. So of the many many choices I want to pick one that lets me choose resolution, is not buggy and is free of malware.
