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.
Simon: I, uh... I never-never shot anyone before. Book: I was there, son. I'm fair sure you haven't shot anyone yet.
'War Stories'
Buffistechnology 3: "Press Some Buttons, See What Happens."
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DCJensen - Aug 15, 2011 7:13:45 pm PDT #17462 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
§ 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.
Tom Scola - Aug 16, 2011 5:24:47 am PDT #17465 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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.
How Plan B found the Droid I was looking for
Gris - Aug 16, 2011 5:41:23 am PDT #17466 of 25501
Hey. New board.
I'm using that backup-gmail.com application right now. Seems to be working great. I watched it download my messages until some of the subject lines from when I first got the account (in college) got embarrassing. Then I minimized it. But it seems to be backing up just fine.
ETA: It doesn't seem to come in a mac version, BTW, though the Linux version might work on a mac.
megan walker - Aug 16, 2011 5:51:35 am PDT #17467 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
With the new Yahoo sucking, and the increasing desire to not use Google, anyone have a rec for free email?
Tom Scola - Aug 16, 2011 5:58:41 am PDT #17468 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
How tied up in the Apple infrastructure are you? Apple will have free email later this fall.
megan walker - Aug 16, 2011 6:02:18 am PDT #17469 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Except for my iPod, not at all. Although (hang on to your hats), I was in the AT&T store yesterday contemplating smartphones. Apple might work.
And, of course, now they're a client.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2011 6:03:27 am PDT #17470 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Plan B is indeed the software I was looking for.
I use gmail a lot, but my primary email address will always be my own domain name. That hasn't had to change in a decade or more. I'm sure Apple will do something to suck soon. Every lets you down.
Jon B. - Aug 16, 2011 6:13:26 am PDT #17471 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is it possible to activate the GPS remotely? I usually leave it (and wireless) off to conserve the battery so Plan B might not work for me.