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beekaytee - Sep 11, 2012 1:34:06 pm PDT #20893 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Does anyone have a favorite online back up option for a Mac?

I've always been hesitant to expose my stuff, but to get my files from this 10.4 machine to the new Mountain Lion box, I'd need a LOT of discs. Time Machine isn't available to me, and I do not have an external hard drive.

Any advice?


le nubian - Sep 11, 2012 1:52:20 pm PDT #20894 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

any reason why you don't want to get an external drive? they aren't very expensive and they can be necessary.


Rob - Sep 11, 2012 2:47:15 pm PDT #20895 of 25501

If they both have ethernet ports you can hook an ethernet cable between them and use file sharing to copy files across. Check out [link] .


beekaytee - Sep 11, 2012 3:21:28 pm PDT #20896 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

le n, it's about having spent all I can...wanting to get it done now, etc.

Not to mention, I will need to add more memory to the mini and the geniuses tell me that for the first time in my computing life, I can't make that upgrade myself.

It's pretty frustrating, no lie.

It makes sense that I get one eventually, but right now it's just not the highest priority.


beekaytee - Sep 11, 2012 4:01:17 pm PDT #20897 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

ROB! *\ o /*

You are fast becoming my favorite tech support!!

I DO have an ethernet cable but I haven't used it for about 9 years.

I'm off to study the tutorial. Cheers!


le nubian - Sep 11, 2012 4:16:11 pm PDT #20898 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

bonny,

Oh I understand! glad Rob got you a work around.


Jessica - Sep 11, 2012 5:08:31 pm PDT #20899 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

WOE. The Tivo played almost all of an episode of Top Chef Masters before crashing again.

Either I need to send this thing to Weaknees, or I need to buy a new one. Neither of which are options I can even remotely afford. Fuck.


beekaytee - Sep 11, 2012 6:20:39 pm PDT #20900 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

Even with the ethernet connection...super tedious.

Being on one system for a very long time...at least in my life...leads to a lot of junk.

Deciding what to actually move is proving problematic.


Rob - Sep 11, 2012 9:47:01 pm PDT #20901 of 25501

Why not let the migration assistant move everything? The new box must have way more space than the old one.


beekaytee - Sep 11, 2012 9:56:21 pm PDT #20902 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant

I'm having trouble getting the assistant to work. I've got to read a tutorial for that!