"in-program" backup facility
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg111840] "in-program" backup facility
- From: peter <plindsay.0 at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:36:11 -0400 (EDT)
I've seen a few posts about this and I'm wondering if I am missing the point [ again ]. Surely folks are managing their own backups - perhaps using "Time Machine" on the mac or whatever. The arguments in favour or regular backups surely extend beyond the use of Mathematica and apply generally to the use of a personal computer ? I don't mean to sound smug about this so please bear with me for a moment: I run a mac and use the "Time Machine" facility within the operating system, writing to an external disk. I also use "Carbon Copy Cloner" to write to another external disk providing me with an up-to-date alternative boot drive. I'm sure users on other systems can find similar [ free ] utilities, or use perhaps the best of all backup tools: rsync. Sorry if I'm missing the point. I don't want to get bogged down in the distinction between "archive" and "backup" or anything like that. It just seems vital to me that people keep a cycle of regular backups of all their work, and even provide themselves with a regularly updated alternative boot drive. best wishes Peter Lindsay