Oh, no, Cass. I don't suppose you had a Google+ account, did you?
Sorry, Captain. I'm real sorry. I shoulda kept better care of her. Usually she lets me know when something's wrong. Maybe she did, I just wasn't paying attention...
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Consuela - Aug 15, 2011 12:28:45 pm PDT #17455 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Cass - Aug 15, 2011 12:43:37 pm PDT #17456 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I did NOT have a G+ account. Mostly because I keep some distance between my name online and my rl name. Not that most people here don't know both, but it's not actively linked. So I never went near G+.
I filled out their, "Dude, wtf?" form but ... yeah. No idea.
The form said I should make sure I hadn't dissed their ToS but I really hadn't.
Ugh.
Cass - Aug 15, 2011 12:59:27 pm PDT #17457 of 25501
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Okay, only down an hour. My mail is back. Though, wow, does not having access to my primary email put into relief how much I totally rely on email. More than my phone, I think. Clearly I need to add in some redundancy.
And, no, no idea what triggered them to disable my account but they did get it back within an hour of me contracting them on their form. So there's that.
Consuela - Aug 15, 2011 1:02:22 pm PDT #17458 of 25501
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
And, no, no idea what triggered them to disable my account but they did get it back within an hour of me contracting them on their form.
Yeah, that's disturbing. And I really need to figure out a way to back up my mail.
Amy - Aug 15, 2011 1:54:50 pm PDT #17459 of 25501
Because books.
And I really need to figure out a way to back up my mail.
THIS. I use Gmail for EVERYTHING.
If you use Outlook, and it all loads into there, does that work? I just use it right on the web now.
I guess having a backup account is also necessary, right?
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 3:13:50 pm PDT #17460 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Does everyone have a tracker or something installed on their smartphone/tablet in case of loss or theft? I realised that with the way Android Market works, I can install something remotely on mine to do that after if it's been stolen, if I'm fast enough.
What's recommended for the major phone OSes?
Gudanov - Aug 15, 2011 4:57:35 pm PDT #17461 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
And I really need to figure out a way to back up my mail.
I've been meaning to try out Gmail Backup from gmail-backup.com. It looks like they try to make it easy. Setting up a local client like Outlook or Thunderbird to download messages via IMAP would work too, but it can get complicated.
DCJensen - Aug 15, 2011 7:13:45 pm PDT #17462 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I set my Gmail for pop access, and have Thunderbird making a copy of all my Gmail, leaving a copy on the server. I set it and forget it, as long as I open Thunderbird with regularity, it gets downloaded. And Thunderbird opens a lot when I send links to friends from Firefox.
§ ita § - Aug 15, 2011 7:21:35 pm PDT #17463 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jessica - Aug 16, 2011 3:12:46 am PDT #17464 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've heard very good things about Backupify, though I haven't tried them personally.