Backup questions for you

OK, so after a rousing discussion with my husband - here are my questions (I should add that this is keeping me from installing iLife '09 b/c I need the storage drive to make the space and consolidate/move libraries!):
1) Do you consider your photo sharing website part of your photo "Back up" plan? I have Phanfare's unlimited plan and have most of my photos there (60+ GB and growing) - meaning, there is no photo I add that doesn't go there if it's worth viewing, but I haven't really considered that "back up" as compared to external HDD, online back up companies (like Mozy) and physical back up. In my mind, that's not the complete files, just the photos. What's your take on the issue? (I should note that Phanfare offers a back up program where they send you DVDs of your photos quarterly but I didn't pay for it.)
2) Are you backing up 50+GB or more photo libraries (100+ GB) online (mostly b/c just incremental back up when photos are loaded - doesn't take that long) or just locally on external HDD or on portable HDD. Or, is that - as my husband contends - just not a great use of online given the file sizes.
3) Is there are particularly "mac friendly" online back up company? Or, does it really not matter. I get nervous with all the Mac structures (libraries, events, projects, packages) that something in an online company translation may fall apart.
I have a new 2 TB My Book (already have a 1 TB My Book connected) and I'm trying to decide if I should set it up RAID and duplicate my "essential" libraries OR just take the space locally in full, do one regular process of back up locally and one back up online (in addition to portable). I use the My Book as an extension of my hard drive now - and love that. Planning on putting most of my libraries on it once this one is set up (instead of locally - they're getting too big). So, I'm not sure about taking the whole TB out of the 2 TB drive for the RAID mirroring system.
Thanks for the answers / advice -
Alexa
Message was edited by: akcorcoran

OK, so after a rousing discussion with my husband - here are my questions (I should add that this is keeping me from installing iLife '09 b/c I need the storage drive to make the space and consolidate/move libraries!):
1) Do you consider your photo sharing website part of your photo "Back up" plan? I have Phanfare's unlimited plan and have most of my photos there (60+ GB and growing) - meaning, there is no photo I add that doesn't go there if it's worth viewing, but I haven't really considered that "back up" as compared to external HDD, online back up companies (like Mozy) and physical back up. In my mind, that's not the complete files, just the photos. What's your take on the issue? (I should note that Phanfare offers a back up program where they send you DVDs of your photos quarterly but I didn't pay for it.)
That is backup for your photos - but not for your iPhoto library (albums, projects, keywords, ratings, etc)
2) Are you backing up 50+GB or more photo libraries (100+ GB) online (mostly b/c just incremental back up when photos are loaded - doesn't take that long) or just locally on external HDD or on portable HDD. Or, is that - as my husband contends - just not a great use of online given the file sizes.
I have two local hard drives - one 750 GB I clone everything - system, iPhoto library, etc - to daily and a 1 TB Time Capsule that I run Time Machine to (hourly incremental backups) - plus I back up photos and music on DVD a couple of times a year
I also back up some things to my iDisk but the iPhoto library got too big to do that reasonably
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Ok...have mercy on me, please...
I am not completely dumb, I know typical board etiquette, and I have searched for various answers (and found many)...but I just want to confirm my personal "research" and get all of this clear up before I proceed with this insanity. I know I could probably search more, but this is taking hours, because of all my various questions, one leads to 10 more...
I have an iMac with Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 (which, though not mentioned anywhere?...is apparently "Leopard", right? Told you I was dumb...)
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Memory: 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
My main goal: install an app that was in the Mac App store.
However, with Leopard, I can't access the Mac App store with Leopard, apparently.
I click on the Mac App store, and up pops up a Lion advertisement...telling me I should upgrade. Ok, fine...probably a good idea, anyway...
But how do you upgrade to Lion? Apparently through the Mac App store!
The web-redirects on the Apple site are amusing...taking me on an endless cycle...purchase Lion in the app store...click..."you need to upgrade to Lion"...OK...click..."you need Lion at the app store"...OK...click..."you need to upgrade to Lion to get to the app store"....etc.
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(Maybe the Apple redirects should detect that I have Leopard, and direct me to a screen that explains that I must upgrade to Snow Leopard...and then Lion! Do you hear that, Apple? Thanks.)
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1) Upgrade to Snow Leopard
2) Access the Mac app store
3) Upgrade to Lion
Question A: With my iMac (specs above), is it really advisable for me to do this? Can my computer really handle Lion? It seems I barely meet the minimum with my intel core 2 Duo and 2 GB ram...yes? Is this a dumb idea, even if "OK"? I know that "minimum requirements" on a PC often meant: "Well, it will work...but it will be slower than a snail and crash if you run 5 programs at the same time" (which I usually do...) I don't want to upgrade if the "minimum" is really not enough.
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When upgrading an OS on a Windows, you pretty much format the harddrive and start all over. Back in the day I was a PC user, there wasn't really a "great" way to back up programs and files, so this was a nightmare. You could NOT just back-up software. You typically had to re-purchase and install it all from scratch. Is this the same with Macs? Furthermore, personal files were scattered all over the hard-drive for the individual software...so trying to back all that up to get it back on the new system = nightmare! I hate PCs.
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yachadhoo wrote:
I have an iMac with Mac OS X Version 10.5.8 (which, though not mentioned anywhere?...is apparently "Leopard", right? Told you I was dumb...)
Processor: 3.06 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory: 2 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Apple has discontinued support for 10.5, it's a plaque of our platform that Apple only supports the last two operating systems in circulation.
Where as on Windows you can run the same OS version for 10 years and get updates free (if not stolen), on a Mac we get one year, two tops now and if you don't upgrade and break all your third party software and hardware drivers in the process, then your denied security updates.
On top of that, the OS X upgrades tend to break your older hardware too, or slow it down so much that it drives you to want to buy newer hardware.
It's funny Apple places the AppStore on your OS X version along with iTunes and Safari updates, but then doens't supply necessary security updates, your machine may be compromised and here you enter vital credit card info, banking etc. thinking you have a secure machine.
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Rosetta is not avaialble in 10.7 so it could be a lot of your software will no longer function
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Mac'soperaing system is seperate, it can be replaced or upgraded indepentantly of programs or user accounts on the machine.
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You should always backup your users files as those can't be repalced.
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Question C: When upgrading from Leopard to Snow Leopard to Lion, what is the best way to ensure I keep all my programs and files.
OS X upgrades dont' affect User accounts but they can have a affect on programs installed, which most of your 10.5 programs likely will no longer work in 10.7
However they will (with a slight update) work in 10.6 just like before.
You need to backup regardless, I suggest a manual backup of users files to a storage drive, a 10.5 clone on another drive, the your ready to upgrade to 10.6
10.5 to 10.6 upgrade is rather painless, also 10.6 gives accelerated video drivers, so your machine will appear faster.
However once you install 10.7, you will slow down.
Does Time Machine really do a good job backing up everything and all things?
No, you shouldn't rely upon TM, have a multiple backup stragedy, TM files are hard to access directly.
Is it just a matter of upgrade to Snow Leopard...then immediately to Lion...and then some sort of "Restore" from Time Machine?
No need to restore, OS X upgrades and leaves everything else in place, just some programs (with 10.6) or a lot (with 10.7) when you try to launch them they will fail.
Also when you connect TM it will do a substancial change to reflect the new boot drive.
If you were using TM as a "storage drive" thinking you can use the archived versions later, that wil change upon the new OS X upgrade.
But in any event, my external drive crashed a few months ago, and I haven't replaced it, yet. So, I am replacing it soon and will get Time Machine back up and running...setting it up again, etc...leading to question C..
You need not only TM drive, but a bootable clone and user files on a storage drive.
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You will have to buy a lot of new or upgrade versions with 10.7, not so with 10.6 only updates mostly because of Rosetta on 10.6 and not on 10.7
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Your not a comptuer savvy person, you like most Apple users expect your machine to "just work" I think going to 10.7 will be a bad experience for you.
10.6.8 will server your needs until 10.8 is released and on new hardware where Apple will hold your hand for free for three months, 3 years with AppleCare.
Your not a "OS X upgrader type of a person" and Apple needs to get of thier collective assets and pay better attention to it's most common users.

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1) How can I "minimize all" like in a PC
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5) Can I change my mail so that there is a delay before a message is marked "read" - right now even scrolling past it marks it read.
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This will mount your NAS at Startup, but could cause really slow startups and all kinds of other problems if you're using a laptop, or otherwise unable to connect to the NAS at startup/login. If the NAS is always available, this should work fine.
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Hey all you pros, question for you...

I am a new convert, and I and trying to learn all the ins and outs of mac worship. With the one-button mouse (i got myself a cute little wireless one here...), are there shortcut keys to do more with the mouse? I wasn't particularly fond of the mighty mouse, but I am already missing scrolling and the such. I assume there is something to alleviate this, as so much is keyboard driven anyways...
Thanks for you help...!

You can get the equivalent of a right-click a couple of ways. One way is to hold down the control key when you click. Another way is to click and wait a second before releasing the click. This is my preferred way for activating context menus, etc.
15 1.67 GHz PowerBook Mac OS X (10.4.3) 2 GB RAM

I have some question for you???

Consider this Class diagrams of Directed Graph
***Picture 1 >>> http://thaimp.i8.com/4-1.jpg
Please write Java Application when have this data example
***Picture 2 >>> http://thaimp.i8.com/4-2.jpg
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BufferedImage img = new BufferedImage( 150, 150 , BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB );
Graphics g = img.getGraphics();
g.setColor( Color.PINK.fouler() );
g.fillRec( 0, 0, 150, 150 );
g.setColor( Color.PINK );
g.drawString( "50meg does not support linking...." );
g.flush();
ImageIO.write( img, .... );

I have a question for you: Inserting Word document in BLOB column

Hey Experts,
I have found a good info and a sample on how to achieve this on
http://www.sys-con.com/java/source/5-6/code.cfm?Page=76.
declare
f_lob bfile;
b_lob blob;
begin
insert into sam_emp(empno,ename,resume)
values ( 9001, 'Samir',empty_blob() )
return risumi into b_lob;
f_lob := bfilename( 'MY_FILES', 'MyResume.doc' );
dbms_lob.fileopen(f_lob, dbms_lob.file_readonly);
dbms_lob.loadfromfile
( b_lob, f_lob, dbms_lob.getlength(f_lob) );
dbms_lob.fileclose(f_lob);
commit;
end;
I have a jsp project and the users ( on the client side)must be
able to create a word document and send it to the server with an
uplaod servlet. With another servlet or jsp i want to process
this word document in BLOB column using JAVA. The sample above
uses PL/SQL to achieve this. Is there a way i can do this in my
servlet/jsp to do the same thing?
Any hints are welcome!

The option should be visible here: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Printing%20a%20web%20page#w_print-window-settings
Print range section - Lets you specify which pages of the current web page are printed:
* Select '''All''' to print everything.
* Select '''Pages''' and enter the range of pages you want to print. For example, selecting "from 1 to 1" prints the first page only.
* Select '''Selection''' to print only the part the page you've highlighted.
Does it work for you?

Ipod Touch Update question; How long does a backup take for you?

I have updated my ipod before and the backup took a few hours lets say around 5 or so... and i was just wondering because this is the second time it has asked me to do this for a new patch and i started around 3:40 p.m. and it is now 6:20 p.m..... the progress only has a 11 bars out of the entire bar (windows xp)... so i was wondering is somthing wrong i also want to know how i would disconnect it because it is taking to long and i might have to leave and i want to take it with me.
also i dont usually back my stuff up and it has like 600 mbs of apps, atleast 5gigs of music and a few videos with some pictures. (8 gig ipod touch first gen got it before speakers /cry)
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I have, just now, about 9 GBs of stuff on my 2G 16 GB and I'd say 8 minutes but I think it's less than that.
I'm constantly switching play lists and changing movies and TV shows as well as pod casts (I won't miss Rachel Maddows if I can help it.) so sync gets a work out.
It's true I've only got 3 apps so if you've got pages that might make a sync longer but not that much longer!
Something isn't working right with your sync.

Now can't get back to my first question for you! Hate new Firefox - how to revert?

Well, I just asked a question about bookmarks - they are lost after updating Firefox. Now can't even find them anywhere. My computer switched to Yahoo! and I want to use original Yahoo. Strongly dislike new toolbar - where is print, etc.? I can't get back to a link for my original question now, so please answer all of this here.
I really just want plain old Yahoo.
I want things like print on my toolbar.
I need my bookmarks back.
Thank-you. I need step-by-step directions; please don't just tell me to look at the Yahoo! site because I have and can't figure out how to get this stuff.

Previous versions are available here: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/
You may also wish to back up your profile for safekeeping prior to rolling back: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Profiles
If you roll back, you will want to change your update regime to make sure you won't automatically update against your wishes.

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