Good description of Spaces. I think I'd use hot corners to select them, rather than keystrokes.
Time Machine, I'm realizing, won't apply to me much. I keep my stuff on external hard drives.
I haven't used it to back up external, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't. For instance, in the exclude options, the backup disk itself is listed. If externals weren't suppored, there wouldn't be much need for that, would there?
I haven't used it to back up external, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't. For instance, in the exclude options, the backup disk itself is listed. If externals weren't suppored, there wouldn't be much need for that, would there?
Would that work backing-up multiple externals, do you think? I have three, about to fire up a fourth.
I think so? But the best solution for all that might be the Drobo.
Are you using Drobo? Do you like it?
I have been look at Drobo myself and comparing it to NAS solutions. The things that I wonder about with Drobo are:
It's not NAS that plugs into the network so I have to keep a host PC on all the time.
The storage on the drives is a proprietary format so if the Drobo breaks, you have to get it fixed before you can use the data on the drives.
It's more expensive that some of the other NAS options.
The alternative I'm comparing it to is to buy an inexpensive NAS or two like this D-Link and then keep one copy of my data on my main computer and use the D-Link as a backup source that I run a backup program to keep current. It's obviously not the same type of robustness as Drobo, but has other advantages. This has the advantage that the data is in regular NTFS format on the drives so you can take the drives anywhere to use them in a pinch. And, the data is on the network.
On the other hand, I like the fully auto RAID-like robustness that the Drobo offers.
At the risk of hijaacking this thread, I'd love to hear what anyone else thinks of Drobo?
Can you boot a Mac from a USB drive, like the Drobo?
My current b/u for my desktop is a My Book Pro from Western Digital which is a pair of 500Gb drives in RAID 1 array, that I partitioned as two separate 250Gb drives - one for OS and Apps, and one for data. I can boot from this drive since it is Firewire 800.
Can one boot from a Drobo via USB? I doubt it.
I have been informed that Intel based Macs can, indeed, boot via a USB linked drive.
Can you boot a Mac from a USB drive, like the Drobo?
My current b/u for my desktop is a My Book Pro from Western Digital which is a pair of 500Gb drives in RAID 1 array, that I partitioned as two separate 250Gb drives - one for OS and Apps, and one for data. I can boot from this drive since it is Firewire 800.
It is said that Intel Macs have always been able to boot from USB, and PowerPC Macs gain that ability with Leopard. Apparently Tiger was resetting the USB bus during starting at a bad time, and doesn't do that in Leopard.
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Time Machine, I'm realizing, won't apply to me much. I keep my stuff on external hard drives.
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I haven't used it to back up external, but I don't see any reason why you couldn't. For instance, in the exclude options, the backup disk itself is listed. If externals weren't suppored, there wouldn't be much need for that, would there?
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I think so? But the best solution for all that might be the Drobo.
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I'm not telling.
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Are you using Drobo? Do you like it?
I have been look at Drobo myself and comparing it to NAS solutions. The things that I wonder about with Drobo are:
- It's not NAS that plugs into the network so I have to keep a host PC on all the time.
- The storage on the drives is a proprietary format so if the Drobo breaks, you have to get it fixed before you can use the data on the drives.
- It's more expensive that some of the other NAS options.
The alternative I'm comparing it to is to buy an inexpensive NAS or two like this D-Link and then keep one copy of my data on my main computer and use the D-Link as a backup source that I run a backup program to keep current. It's obviously not the same type of robustness as Drobo, but has other advantages. This has the advantage that the data is in regular NTFS format on the drives so you can take the drives anywhere to use them in a pinch. And, the data is on the network.On the other hand, I like the fully auto RAID-like robustness that the Drobo offers.
At the risk of hijaacking this thread, I'd love to hear what anyone else thinks of Drobo?
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My current b/u for my desktop is a My Book Pro from Western Digital which is a pair of 500Gb drives in RAID 1 array, that I partitioned as two separate 250Gb drives - one for OS and Apps, and one for data. I can boot from this drive since it is Firewire 800.
Can one boot from a Drobo via USB? I doubt it.
I have been informed that Intel based Macs can, indeed, boot via a USB linked drive.
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Pretty sure the Intel Macs can boot from USB.
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Has anyone heard anything about new Power Mac announcements in January with new high power Penryn chips from Intel?
From Apple Insider - http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/01/29/intel_rolls_out_breakthrough_chip_technology_bound_for_macs.html
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PF, you are SO stuck in the PowerPC world.
The new MacPros should be coming out in the early part of 08, I would think.
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It is said that Intel Macs have always been able to boot from USB, and PowerPC Macs gain that ability with Leopard. Apparently Tiger was resetting the USB bus during starting at a bad time, and doesn't do that in Leopard.
Also, in case nobody's posted it yet, some Photoshop product managers like the Drobo a lot.