Is 2.1 better or worse for you?

I was having so many problems with the iPhone that I was getting ready to toss it for a different brand. The phone would lockup almost daily and I would have to do a restore which took over 3 hours each time. Plus, I had many of the other problems that others have reported. But, I was hoping that the new firmware would make a difference and it did. I am running Vista and I updated to iTunes 8 then updated my iPhone to 2.1. I was amazed at the difference in performance. Here is a list of Before and After the upgrade.
Before, installing or updating apps took 10 minutes. After, it only takes 15 seconds.
Before, deleting or updating apps would lock up phone. After, it has not locked up once.
Before, backup and sync would take up to 2 hours. After, it takes 3 minutes.
Before, the keyboard was slower than molasses. After, there is no lagging.
Before, battery life (at 10 percent remaining) was less than 4 hours. After, it is over 5 hours.
I am sure there will still be some problems I have not found yet. And I am still waiting on some upgrades like cut/paste, landscape keyboard, doc edit app and other things. But, most of those things and more will be coming. For now I am much happier with the iPhone than I was a few days ago.
So, how did 2.1 work for you? Better or worse than before the upgrade?

I think this install may have done the trick.
The long, stupid long, crazy synch times seems to be resolved.
I have the original iP. On 1.4 everything was smooth. Afterwards, backing up and sync was ridiculous.
I just plugged it in to test. The entire process had to have been under 2-3 minutes.
I seem to be getting more bars too.
Also, the plantronics voyager headset I just bought wouldn't play VM through it (there are threads about that problem) but now it's fixed.
Before this update (all update after 1.4) I've had problems w. 4 iP's--constantly freezing, going to the apple screen, dropping calls etc. I've replaced the SIM card and w. this update (so far) things seem to be all good.

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Does this forum suck for you too?

I don't mean the content. I find these Flash forums very
useful and helpful. It's the performance of the actual forum site
that makes me increasingly want to avoid this place. Click any
thread and it may or may not load, and when it does (often on the
3rd or 4th attempt) it takes between 30 and 90 seconds to load. I
note that many newcomers to this forum post the identical messages
3 or 4 times, probably because the molasses-slow performance makes
them worry their message didn't get posted. Am I the only one this
is happening to? If not, has it gotten gradually worse and worse
for you over the past couple weeks?
It's very frustrating because I enjoy learning and
contributing to the discussions here. I just want to find out if
it's a problem for me alone.
I'm using latest IE and Firefox on a clear, unshared 6MB
broadband connection. No problems with any other forums on the web,
just this one.

I have noticed that the forum (and only this one for me) has
been increasingly slow in the last day or two. Looks like it is
time for them to do some pruning, heh. And as it seems, something
seems to keep refreshing on this forum bout every 15 secs or so. If
it is not just me, then that might be contributing to the problem.
Anyways, back to hoping for an answer to the question I posted.
And, btw, personally I stay away from using email clients for
just about anything but an intranet, due to a large portion of
viruses dedicated to mail clients....specially Microsoft made
ones.

My ipod touch 2gn wont turn on after being charged in a ipod dock...it's been 3 weeks now and i've tried everything and noting has worked! Apple, you better expect paying for this because i am not wasting my money again!

my ipod touch 2gn wont turn on after being charged in a ipod dock...it's been 3 weeks now and i've tried everything and noting has worked! Apple, you better expect paying for this because i am not wasting my money again!

Have you tried a reset?
Stedman

If I host with Business Catalyst, will search engines fine me any "better" or Worse than go daddy?

If I host with Business Catalyst, will search engines fine me any "better" or Worse than go daddy?
I am new to Muse and love it! Not sure if the hosting site matters one way or the other.

Liam has some great points. Some other things to consider is that google (just talking one search engine at the moment) more than likely know what a BC site looks like and is made of and would know the best ways to index it assuming you use some of the features of BC and not just straight up HTML.
Godaddy is straight up HTML so as far as indexing goes I think BC has an advantage as it is a known system much like wordpress.
As far as IP blocks, bad neighbours, etc only google will know that information and it's not easy to say which is better.
For example if someone on BC spam's there website everywhere or engages in dodgy SEO practises, spambots etc. Their site is going to be pushed down, if you happen to be on the same IP or close to that site you will be in a "bad neighbourhood" and it may affect your site in the short term. This is the case for ANY hosting solution, so take it all with a gain of salt.

What did 4.0.4 do for you?

Finally got my update, I have had it almost 20 hours and I am trying to figure out what it was supposed to do. Screen orientation issue is fixed but that was the least of my problems. I am still operating at -115 dbm. So signal strength issue not fixed. Bars do display differently but the dbm strength (the real indicator) is exactly the same. Call quality has not improved at all, in fact it may be worse. It has a different sound that is more muffled instead of the robotic sounds. Still have tons of background clicks and squeals etc. I am trying to patient as I have been for the last almost six months but it doesn't appear that the update has helped in the ability to use the GNEX as a phone. I'd love to hear from others, what did 4.0.4 do for you?

I have had the update since Saturday. I get much longer connection times to the 4g. It also switches off a little better. I still have issues with it dropping the signal as soon as I start a phone call and try to send a txt message. So I went to the store today and a Tech told me it was a sim card issue. So he changed the sim card and said your all set. I walk out of the store try to make a call........no signal. 10 feet outside the store. I walk right back in and show him no signal. He changes it again and said it must have just had luck of getting two bad sim cards in a row. So I get another one. Leave the store and about 10 minutes into a phone call it happens again. I am going to give this another day or two and if I have to go back in I am going to demand a droid maxx. I am over this ipod touch trying to disguise itself as a phone. Oh yea he also told me I should just leave the phone on 3g most of the time and only change it back if I need to download or stream something. If that is the case why even have 4g at all?

Better activation solution for F-Secure Freedome

From the forum posts, internet posts, and user reviews it seems that one thing is very apparent. There is a major need for a better activation solution for F-Secure Freedome. Currently, if your HDD crashes, or you need to re-install Windows, or you upgrade to Windows 10 (coming up in July), or even if an F-Secure Freedome update fails and you need to re-install it, you lose the code and/or license. Currently, it is not possibly to free it up per se'. Evaluation periods make a huge difference on whether or not I decide to purchase a product. A 90 day trial is very helpful so that I know I am making a good purchase, since it incorporates different network protocols especially. If you un-install Freedome, you lose the code. Period. This is counterproductive. You end up losing potential users. For those with a paid license, there is a problem that the license server shows that even though Freedome has been uninstalled or is no longer used, the license is not "freed up" by the server. The server or whatever mechanism currently in place lacks the functionality to recognize these changes. I am actually about to re-install my OS, possibly add hardware and get a new HDD. I am also in the market for a new PC. F-Secure SAFE was a bit of a disappointment for me (no offense), and used a good bit of resources. - I do respect the people, and the company who makes it though. They make significant efforts, especially with the marketing of Freedome. The solution should be productive, but not cumbersome or overzealous (like Microsoft or worse). It is a good way to: 1) Expose customers to your products2) Get them to purchase them3) Retain that customer It costs more to gain a new customer than to retain a current one. I am not complaining, nor do I feel entitled. I am just trying to make a suggestion on how to improve the product, and its workflow. I don't intend to rant or to create a flood of posts. This was meant to be constructive, and to see what I could do/could be done about solving my licensing issue.I am sure that others also have some questions as well. I am satisfied with the initial install experience of Freedome, and the GUI is nice, I will say that .

Hello infosec,
Thank you for your honest the feedback. We really appreciate it. I'll pass it on.
We are aware that currently the subscription management is not optimal and our development team is working hard to bring a better solution to subscription reset and reinstalaltion scenario. Unfortunately for the time being you'll need to post on this community if you are reinstallating too many times your subscription.

A useful story for you, will hope

Today I upgraded to CS6, both Design/Web Premium and Audition.
After really being attracted, and thinking a lot about it, I didn't do so via Creative Cloud. I think you might like to consider why, and things that can be good to do about it.
I'm a long-time customer and adept with the tools, but it's important to know that what I do with them is to the side rather than in the center of my endeavors. In that, I suspect I'm like very many of your customers besides those directly in design shops.
Probably many of us have also been the every-other-release updaters, which rather than 'avoiding paying up' put our income stream for you in a balance with value received. I might add that I've been an consultant executive starting new media business within a big name, and fully understand the draw that subscription business models can have, if you can subtly choose and thus successfully manage them.
Here are the deepest problems Creative Cloud showed to me at present:
Apart from the first year offer, Creative Cloud would be more expensive to me. Yes, you added the extra apps, but not in proportion to their use value for me. Maybe the 'new apps' really will help me keep up with things like eBook and Html5 developments successfully, but that's an open question, isn't it, given history?
Once on this gravy train of subscription to you, I would be committed_forever_ to keep paying, if you look at your offer practically, and with the idea of needing to use the tools. That is not something my gut would let me do. Paths can change, and particularly will on the mature side of the ledger and with the kinds of creative things those of our weight can very usefully offer, which often need to be done on a stringent budget until they can flower.
Tools. The very point in having tools is that they are there when you need them to be, both in moments where learning takes place, and in intervals of creating deliverables. That's an emotional matter, surely, and you should know strongly at the heart of any purchase of the kinds of things you make, especially by individuals or individual decision-makers, who in principle I am going to presume are in fact a significant proportion of your buyers.
What can you do about this? And maximize your profits?
Primarily, I think you should modify the Creative Cloud exit terms. Instead of reverting to whatever products we had going in, which would then be obsolete, we should revert to the recent version of those products. Thus if I had come in at CS5.5 Design Premium, I might exit when CS8 was current, and in my CC use: that CS8, now stand-alone, is what I should go forward licensed to use. Now my investment is covered, and you get all the subscription business you can receive from me, while keeping the incentives to keep me going forward, whether CC or standard licensed. I now would be free to be in or out as suited my own situation -- an immense and proper comfort.
I also feel it would do very much for Adobe customers in daily use and in their perceptions that you use the relaxation a more committed revenue stream gives you to fully share any application fixes and upgrades as soon as they are ready. It should be a privilege of all who support you, not just those who can reasonably choose to do it in the subscription way. What's begun in a much better sharing by certain courageous managers on the forums would blossom, with the turnaround on fixes and improvements available most fairly.
Can you improve the way the rates work? An elephant in the room is surely that you can always raise the rate charged. But also, there can be times surely for many where the rates just go over what the current use of the subscription will bear. I would think there's a place for the 29.95 rate to be always available, below a certain time-percentage use level per month of the tools. Now you have something a customer can stick with -- through life changes, illness, investment in new venue, and so forth. You also have an entry available for all those who need to learn them, your future customers, and I don't have to mention what alternative method enough of them use when you don't have this. So, a flat rate, for maintenance and for the new?
Let me return to the thought of tools. A person's paintbrushes ought to be always there; we don't rent them, even if in some production of art we may pay for materials including brushes at a stream. Inspiration asks that those brushes be there every time needed, to express what may become value (which will be shared with you), even or especially when we are not in such a stream. Especially in a picture like this, a satisfied and secure customer is a much better customer, don't you think?
The short of it is, subscriptions give Adobe a kind of security. Any but the most corporate of your customers need their own security in return. By improving the terms of the Creative Cloud, you will improve our ability to support you in it. Removing the threat of what happens when circumstances indicate we leave,and during periods it doesn't make individual sense to participate, would create the real virtuous circle here.
Thanks for considering this, as well as you've considered some other things and made appropriate changes, which we notice in recent times. Appreciated.

Better exit strategy? Agreed. I get the impression that Adobe's still mulling that one over and we may see more mutually beneficial terms emerge in future.
Don't know that anyone other than Adobe is happy with the current all-or-nothing terms.
Mid-cycle feature updates for perpetual customers? Won't happen other than the 0.5 releases (wonder how much longer they'll be around?). That's one of the UPSes (Unique Selling Propositions) of the Cloud.
Clearly, Adobe eventually wants to deliver all its software via subscription. They are going in the same direction as mobile (cell) phone carriers and utilities (gas/water/electricity) providers.
2010/2011's subscription model offered little value to most and got a muted response. The 2012/2013 Cloud model is much closer to the mark and the adoption rate is much higher but still being tweaked (e.g. Lightroom just arrived).
The Cloud's value obviously tempts you (so you're obviously on the fringe of the target market)- but not quite enough yet to sign up. I'm sure the balance will tip soon and tempt you again.
I'm sure the Cloud offerings will improve over time.

I recently bought a new i phone 4 as my other one had seen beter days and for the last sevral days have been trying to transfer my photos ect from my old phone to my new one after I've plugged my old iPhone into iTunes to back it up i then plug in my i

I recently bought a new i phone 4 as my other one had seen beter days and for the last sevral days have been trying to transfer my photos ect from my old phone to my new one after I've plugged my old iPhone into iTunes to back it up i then plug in my one to transfer it over I've had no luck I've tryed restoring my new phone to the last time i backed up my old files the phone restores but always to its own backup point wen i first connected it to iTunes can anyone help me please?

Since this is the second computer you've had this problem with, I recommend you look for answers on the iPhone forum. My thinking is it is an iPhone issue rather than a computer issue (unless it is some software incompatibility).

TS1314 Dear all, greetings, I did not mean to offend anyone by typing all my texts in capital letters, I am just used to it and at my age (63) it is better and easier for my eyes to type all the texts in my messages in capital letters.I do apologize about

Dear all, greetings, I did not mean to offend anyone by typing all my texts in capital letters, I am just used to it and at my age (63) it is better and easier for my eyes to type all the texts in my messages in capital letters.I do apologize about it all. I can assure you that I do respect all of you more that you maight me thinking of. i have the same difficulties in typing in small letters like yours in reading texts in CAPITAL letters.......tant pis, c' est la vie
For web and computing experts I would like to remind them that all the peoples nowadays have the same needs (or hobbies if you wish) regarding the electronic devices, web, compouters, softwares and that sort of thing.
If I WERE not to have technical support because of my prefiously used capital letters in me text messages, I have to confess that next time I will be more carefull about the devices producers........ I live and always learn (SOCRATES, girasko, aei didaskomenos)
Two questions
1. I noticed on the you tube videos about the new ipad that the main icons are more than mine (i.e. the icon of facebook and a number or others are missing)
2. I would like to ask you to do me a favour, thanks for your patiene. Still I have not understood how (in which way, the pictures, transfered from my system or new taken by the ipad camera are uploaded directly to the FaceBook. I suppose that I will not have the same difficulties regarding the videos to both Facebook AND YoutTube. Thanks a lot for your patience with me, from now on I will be more carefull about posting messages to you referring to technical support
Constantinos
Athens, Greece

Some of the apps shown in adverts / videos have been downloaded from the App Store, they don't come pre-installed e.g. the Facebook app is a free download the app store : 'official' Facebook app.
To upload photos to Facebook you can use the above app - you can't, for example, use Safari on the iPad to upload content to sites.
Not sure whether any apps allow you to upload videos to YouTube (I don't use the site).

Better to wait for a year or so?

I have never been an early adopter of new system software, but for various reasons have made what seems to be a monumental error in installing Mavericks not long after its release. I suppose I optimistically assumed that the new OS would be mostly trouble free, with the learning ensuring no repeat of the few stumbles with Mountain Lion. So wrong! My first tragedy was the discovery that Mac no longer supports the use of external USB drives that I want to format for use with MS based devices (TVs, music systems etc). It seems the "free" OSX Mavericks comes at the cost of paying 3rd party developers to regain the functionality that my Mac once had. OK, I won't do that, so I relegated my laptop to being a work machine rather than an entertainment organiser, and spent some time copying all my movie and music files to an old PC.
However, my Mac is even failing as a work machine since Mavericks. It is only a few years old, and despite its 8GB of RAM since Mavericks takes an eternity to boot and shut down. It has also decided that it doesn't like the web - I now have an extremely variable connection, with constant messages telling me my Mac is "looking for Networks". I have tried the various fixes for both problems suggested in many threads here, plus a few more from other sites. No joy. Just a waste of a few days. And the problem is indeed with Mavericks, as nothing else has changed on my laptop other than the OSX. Meanwhile, my girlfriend is sitting opposite me as I write flying through websites and watching Youtube on her ancient little ASUS. My laptop cost about 4 times what hers did, but hers is running about 4 times faster than mine.
So, I wonder if being an early adopter of system software updates is a smart move. Perhaps it is better to wait a year or so until others (ie more technologically literate guinea pig types) have fought their way through the pitfalls that are still left over once the engineers have signed off on the beta versions?

Thanks Arthur - I do appreciate that you (and others on this forum) give time to fix issues. I wasn't even aware that EtreCheck was the clever little program that generated all of those extensive machine profiles that people use on this site. So, for what its worth, here is the EtreCheck report. I hope it has some glaringly obvious (for you) error that I can fix with a few quick deletes.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2009)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro5,5
          1 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo CPU: 2 cores
          8 GB RAM
Video Information:
          NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - VRAM: 256 MB
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0
          AirPlay: Version: 1.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 2.0.0
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3
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          OS X 10.9 (13A603) - Uptime: 0 days 0:3:10
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                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) /: 159.18 GB (14.45 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS23N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. Built-in iSight
          Apple Internal Memory Card Reader
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Logitech USB Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM2046 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
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Problem System Launch Daemons:
Problem System Launch Agents:
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          [loaded] com.freemacsoft.appcleanerd.plist
          [loaded] com.sharpcast.xfsmond.plist
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User Login Items:
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          Android File Transfer Agent
          SugarSync Manager
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          Flash Player
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          FUSE for OS X (OSXFUSE)
          Paragon NTFS for Mac ® OS X
Internet Plug-ins:
          Default Browser.plugin
          Flash Player.plugin
          FlashPlayer-10.6.plugin
          Flip4Mac WMV Plugin.plugin
          JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
          QuickTime Plugin.plugin
          SharePointBrowserPlugin.plugin
          Silverlight.plugin
User Internet Plug-ins:
          fbplugin_1_0_1.plugin
          Picasa.plugin
Bad Fonts:
          None
Time Machine:
          Skip System Files: NO
          Auto backup: NO
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              14%          Microsoft Word
              10%          SugarSyncManager
               5%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               1%          hidd
               0%          Safari
               0%          fontd
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               0%          mds
               0%          mds_stores
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          123 MB             com.apple.IconServicesAgent
          93 MB              com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
          59 MB              Microsoft Word
          41 MB              Safari
          41 MB              Finder
          33 MB              SugarSyncManager
          33 MB              com.apple.WebKit.Networking
          31 MB              WindowServer
          25 MB              mds
          25 MB              PluginProcess
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Which on is better-ODS/INFOCUBE for reporting

Hello expert's
1.I want to know which one ODS or INFOCUBES are better (technically/functionally) for reporting purpose in BW.if some one is having any comparisons on ODS/INFOCUBE then plz pass on to me.
2.Are Z tables reliable in case of data updation and fetching when we create ODS/INFOCUBE.
3.HOW RELIABLE THE "Z"(*TABLES/REPORTS) are in SAP-BW/R/3-ABAP.

Hi Gaurav,
1.The choice of ODS or cube for reporting depends upon your requirements. It depends upon several factors like the details in which you want to see the reports, the amount of data you will be looking at etc. Since ODS is a flat structure (transparent table), you can not store large amounts of data. If you want to see some reports which contains data for several years (huge), you are better off running a report on a cube. Otherwise, reporting on ODS is ok. It all depends on your requirement.
2. You definitely can extract data from Z tables in R/3. Again the type of extraction depends upon the design of the R/3 table. You should not have any problem in extracting the data from R/3 Z tables into an ODS or cube.
3. When you say Z tables/reports, they are totally custom made. So, if they are used regularly in R/3, i think they must be reliable. If they are not reliable, they would not use them in the production server.
Hope this helps.
Thanks and Regards
Subray Hegde

How does NetBeans run for you?

Was going to start using NetBeans today and was amazed at how bad it was. Can't really picture it being that bad for most people.
Basically here is what it did.
Loaded - took like 10 seconds.
Popped up, I choose to make a new project.
Spent like 5 minutes reading the classpath classes or something.
Gave me a wizard. I tried to make a project, java errors showed up red in the status bar, stopped working: I closed it.
I could continue but basically it was the slowest and buggiest thing I have ever tried to use, Maya seriously runs faster and I don't understand how what is basically a text editor could lag so bad. It only crashed once, but it was painly slow; even trying the whole thing lagged. Is this normal or was it just not working right on my computer? Anyone know what could maybe make it go faster?
Stats:
1.8 gig amd
128 ddr
128 video
xp
newest jsdk / jre
virus/adware/spyware clean

Stats:
1.8 gig amd
128 ddr
128 videoIt is probably a memory issue. Netbeans consumes quite a bit of memory. On my workstation which has 1 gig of memory, Netbeans consumes 128 megabytes at startup. WinXP, email, virusscan and a few other necessities eat up about 400 megabytes on my PC, so when I'm using Netbeans my PC uses between 528 and 768 megabytes depending on what I am doing.
Your poor performance and failures are most likely due to memory constraints on your PC (128mb if I am reading your note correctly). If you want to use a robust IDE you are going to have to add additional memory to your PC, and even for modest command line programming your memory is borderline.
I use and really like Netbeans and have found it fast and stable for all the work I have done and it has been extensive. I am running on a AMD 64 3000+ with 1 gig memory, but ran reasonably well on a P4 1.3Ghz with 768 megabytes.
Sorry I don't have a better message for you.

How is Pages for you?

Hey everyone, I just bought Iwork for my Mac and I basically got it for the work processing (Pages). Like many people, I work in a MS Word world and I was wondering if Pages is an effective substitute?

Hi Handleygen
Welcome to the forum.
The single greatest attraction of Pages would have to be the excellent templates supplied.
As a workable substitute for MsWord that varies:
1. It is not MsWord
2. It's conversion back and forth from MsWord documents is imperfect
3. You have to Save As or Export to get to .doc format, this is both annoying and causes problems and duplication of files.
4. There are features in Pages that are not in MsWord and vice versa, you will only find out what they are by trial and error.
If you must constantly exchange work with PC MsWord users you would be advised to get *Mac MsWord* or the free OpenOffice. If your needs are simple you could also try Bean (free) which also saves to .doc natively, even TextEdit will do that, but Bean is the better solution.
Your choices are much wider than this:
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=7&sid=b567ba1d3f4084 0933305188d93379e2&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Try what seems the best fit for you no-one can really decide that for you.
Peter

Is quality better with software for converting VHS to DVD than using an actual converter?

Is quality better with software for converting VHS to DVD than using an actual converter?

Not sure what you mean by "actual converter".
If you mean if you just played a VHS tape to a DVD recorder and recorded like that... You will get close to the quality of the VHS.
If you have a good capture software and hardware you might be able to clean the video and audio up. But VHS is pretty limited in quality.

"....To Improve Reliability, Time Machine Must Create a New Backup for You"

I bought the new Apple 2 TB Time Capsule thinking it would be a great way to get a powerful wireless router and handle file backup for both me and my wife's iMacs. She is running an up-to-date version of Snow Leopard and I am on the most recent update of Mountain Lion. The Time Capsule was installed and running by the first of August and we had no problems until this monday (7 weeks later) when I got the message that "Time Machine completed a verification of your backups. To improve reliability Time Machinge must create a new backup" My wife's back up was still ok but I had to go though the 5-6 hour process of re-copying all my files(using an ethernet connection) to the device. All went smoothly for a few days until I got the same message again about creating a new backup. Also my wife cannot enter her time machine files even though the computer is still being backed up. We have a stable internet service and both computers recieve a strong signal from the router. Is it possible that the Time Capsule Drive is defective? Is there any sort of maintenance such as zpping the PRAM that would help? This is really frustrating as it looks like the timemachine backup is totally unreliable and not worth fooling with. Is there any way to use the storage capability of the time capsule without going through time machine?
Thanks,
Reid McCallister

hi
rest assured you are not alone. i have the same problem and i hate it with a passion. in fact, i am the victim of this message as of 20 minutes ago and doing a full backup as I am typing this. I am so overly ****** that I actually posted here and will be calling or emailing apple next because I cannot take this anymore. the problem lies in time machine and unfortunately, there is no fix for that. time machine is the best idea of apple with the worst implementation ever. you have no obligation to use time capsule to benefit from time machine as this would not be legal anyway. i will give you 2 temporary solutions and let you decide which one works best for you:
1) open time machine preferences and turn automatic backups off. create a new full backup from scratch and only backup manually whenever you remember, preferably every day. the automation process is the problem that lies within time machine. also make sure that your system does not go to standy or sleep whatever that may be called. Power nap, despite all claims, is not compatible with time machine. install CAFFEINE, an app that keeps your mac awake and prevents from going to sleep while back up is in progress. use it like this and pray it will all go fine for a long time. you may wish to duplicate the first full backup to save time in case this should happen again so you have a base to start on
2) install CCC (carbon copy cleaner) I have not used it myself yet, but probably will be installing it after finishing this post. it is claimed to be better, yet it is yet to be seen by me personally.
unless time machine can be trained without any addons to use a specific wifi only for backup, these issues will persist.

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