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From: =?ISO-8859-9?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on 3 Oct 2007 19:21 The New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> wrote: > Anyway, I guess I'm one of the few people that do not use Apple's > designated folder system as I find it time wasting to be scrolling > through many columns to get where I want. Try command-shift-h. If you'd rather use the mouse, go to Finder -> Preferences -> New Finder windows open... -> set it to Home. Then one click of Finder's Dock icon will open up your home folder; no need to do endless double clicking to get to your stuff. You could also drag your home folder icon (the little house) to the Dock, and get to it that way. > All my working folders are in the first column to the right of the hard > drive they are in. I never use "Users, Documents, My Folders, Etc). > My folders are in the same column that Users are in. That's not a good idea - the top level of the hard drive is a protected area that only administrators can write to, and that all other users can read. It's safer to keep your personal files in your home folder where other users don't have access to them, and where applications expect to find them. Anyway, using Finder to locate files and applications has largely gone the way of the dodo now that we have Spotlight. I use Spotlight constantly; Finder almost never. > But the problem seems to be that Backup software wants to only backup > stuff in the User's folder area. Yes that's another problem with keeping stuff at the top level of the hard drive. Put your stuff in your home folder where it belongs and use the Finder tricks I told you about above to make your home folder just as accessible to you as the top level of your HD is now. -- K. Lang may your lum reek.
From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 20:06 > > Anyway, I guess I'm one of the few people that do not use Apple's > > designated folder system as I find it time wasting to be scrolling > > through many columns to get where I want. > > Try command-shift-h. If you'd rather use the mouse, go to Finder -> > Preferences -> New Finder windows open... -> set it to Home. Then one > click of Finder's Dock icon will open up your home folder; no need to do > endless double clicking to get to your stuff. You could also drag your > home folder icon (the little house) to the Dock, and get to it that way. Sorry - I despise the Dock. Never found it useful for anything. I have hundreds of folders, thousands of files and pages of Applications. I try to fill each column from top to bottom so I don't have to scroll down. Also I have to frequently reorganize folders. The less column hopping the better. > > All my working folders are in the first column to the right of the hard > > drive they are in. I never use "Users, Documents, My Folders, Etc). > > My folders are in the same column that Users are in. > > That's not a good idea - the top level of the hard drive is a protected > area that only administrators can write to, and that all other users can > read. It's safer to keep your personal files in your home folder where > other users don't have access to them, and where applications expect to > find them. Well there's only one user. Me. The end. I hate the way Apple has the Users stuff. So needless for most of us. Fine if you have multiple people on it. But unless you're dead broke, buy another computer for the other person. The computer is such a tool - I can't imagine waiting to use it. > Anyway, using Finder to locate files and applications has largely gone > the way of the dodo now that we have Spotlight. I use Spotlight > constantly; Finder almost never. Spotlight is great if I don't know where it is. And its kind of cool spelling the first few letters to arrive at something. But with all my files and folders there are going to many times where I have to still scroll down lists of similar names to arrive at the right one. Might as well use Finder. Or Pathfinder. Or Macintosh Explorer. All have their advantages and disadvantages. > > But the problem seems to be that Backup software wants to only backup > > stuff in the User's folder area. > > Yes that's another problem with keeping stuff at the top level of the > hard drive. Put your stuff in your home folder where it belongs and use > the Finder tricks I told you about above to make your home folder just as > accessible to you as the top level of your HD is now. No. Need to find software that listens to the user.
From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 20:07 In article <nospam.m-m-533FC2.17341103102007(a)cpe-76-190-186-198.neo.res.rr.com>, M-M <nospam.m-m(a)ny.more> wrote: > In article > <replytogroup-F737C4.12501203102007(a)news.lga.highwinds-media.com>, > The New Guy <replytogroup(a)here.thanks> wrote: > > > I > > never use "Users, Documents, My Folders, Etc). My folders are in the > > same column that Users are in. > > > Not a good idea. If there is another user on your computer they have > access to your stuff. > > If you are the only one to use your computer, I guess it can't be that > bad, but you really should keep all your personal stuff in your user > folder- that way it is readable/writable only to you. No one else here. Besides the ghosts and goblins of course. It is that time of year you understand. Users are irrelevant for most of us. More people in the house? Get a job and buy more computers!
From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 20:08 > > > > Or did I miss something? > > > Oh, I'd say so... > > > > Well that was a lightning fast reply. So what did I miss? > > Oh, about a zillion _ing threads on _ing backup software over the last > few weeks. > > > I'd love > > to get this working properly with either SuperDuper, Retrospect or > > Silverkeeper. If I need something else, I'll get that too. > > Suggestions would be most valuable. Dave you're great at putdowns. At solutions you're sadly lacking. Try to contribute some time. It would be most appreciated. If its simple, it should be simple to explain.
From: The New Guy on 3 Oct 2007 20:14
> >> Well that was a lightning fast reply. So what did I miss? I'd love > >> to get this working properly with either SuperDuper, Retrospect or > >> Silverkeeper. > > Retrospect in particular can do _anything_ you want so long as it has > something to do with backing up or restoring from a backup... it's just not > the easiest app in the world to use. If anyone can explain how to backup just one folder in Retrospect and then do an incremental backup (only touching folders that have been deleted, added or modified since last backup) afterwards that would be great. > On the other hand, if SilverKeeper isn't the easiest app in the world to use > it's in the top ten. It's not as powerful as Retro, but then you don't need > to be a pro sysadmin to use it. Ditto with Silverkeeper. How do I backup just 1 folder? Hello designers: Here's some questions for the user: What folders to backup? What to exclude in those folders? Destination of backup? Now that's simple! Tried SuperDuper but it gave some errors at the end. Plus it didn't back up Preferences. Maybe I had a setting wrong. But I'm pretty sure I set it to just clone the original hard drive. Maybe the errors precluded it from finishing. So now I'm just backing up the whole thing with Retrospect. We'll see how that works in a few hours. Took about 2 hours to copy 220 gb. Does that sound right? Both on the IDE channel. Both are 250 gb 7200 rpm drives connected to a 1.25 ghz Mini. |