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poty posted:rip to that person but the design is worth it. after the years of fighting with microsoft it just wouldnt be acceptable for the apple hq to have windows 
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i have to send my mac for repairs because the battery is expanding and messing with the trackpad i would like to backup the non-replaceable data on it which is like 30gb because i dont do anything useful with the computer or in life in general. i thought id use iclouds 50gb for a buck a month rather than buying an external hard drive. is there some mac app for managing backups to icloud? ideally it would monitor some folders and upload a fresh copy when a file in them changes
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Mar 6, 2018 09:45
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nevermind just found that theres a hidden feature in "about this mac" -> hard drives -> manage where you can say you want the documents and photos folders synced to icloud automatically thats like 99% of what i wanted to save so good enough
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poty posted:i have to send my mac for repairs because the battery is expanding and messing with the trackpad poty posted:nevermind just found that theres a hidden feature in "about this mac" -> hard drives -> manage where you can say you want the documents and photos folders synced to icloud automatically just works
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Mar 6, 2018 11:04
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akadajet posted:
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poty posted:nevermind just found that theres a hidden feature in "about this mac" -> hard drives -> manage where you can say you want the documents and photos folders synced to icloud automatically also it will delete it from your local storage so you don't have to worry about someone stealing that data from the machine
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Mar 6, 2018 12:20
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i dont know why they dont let you choose which folders to backup. the setting is already hidden as gently caress its not like normal people will click it by mistake while doing everyday stuff
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Mar 6, 2018 14:04
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reminder that iCloud Drive is NOT backup, it's a sync solution so use it as a backup with care and caution
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Mar 6, 2018 14:33
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Last Chance posted:reminder that iCloud Drive is NOT backup, it's a sync solution so use it as a backup with care and caution especially since in apple cloud language "sync" means "delete"
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Mar 6, 2018 14:41
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yes, file deletions are synced, so exercise caution
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Mar 6, 2018 14:53
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Last Chance posted:yes, file deletions are synced, so exercise caution i was referring to the way they delete your local copies upon upload
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Mar 6, 2018 14:57
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yes icloud does selectively purge its local cache if needed if some files haven't been accessed in a while.
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Mar 6, 2018 15:04
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Last Chance posted:reminder that iCloud Drive is NOT backup, it's a sync solution so use it as a backup with care and caution what does this mean. whats wrong with using it for my use case
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Mar 6, 2018 15:23
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What are good backup options if I just want to dump things to a synology share?
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Mar 6, 2018 15:27
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You have a 30 day window to recover deleted files so its not as bad as they are making it seem https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21250?locale=en_US&viewlocale=en_US
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Mar 6, 2018 15:30
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:What are good backup options if I just want to dump things to a synology share? rsync?
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Mar 6, 2018 15:57
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poty posted:what does this mean. whats wrong with using it for my use case it means what i said: icloud drive, like all similar products (onedrive, google drive, etc.) is not meant as a backup store. it's purely used for keeping files in sync between active devices. you shouldn't rely on it as the only "backup" for some irreplaceable files as for your use case, in theory you should be good since apple's not going to login and mess up your icloud sync or delete any files, but you ARE sending a laptop off for repairs for a while and using a sync solution as a backup, which i wouldnt trust 100%. maybe explicitly download the synced folders to another machine just to be sure/back it up somewhere else.
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Mar 6, 2018 16:00
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:What are good backup options if I just want to dump things to a synology share? on osx cant you just use that as a time machine target?
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Shaggar posted:on osx cant you just use that as a time machine target? I have no idea I put all my important docs on onedrive but I'd rather not lose applications or config files when I send this thing in for service. I'll give that a spin
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Mar 6, 2018 16:07
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it has to be an afp share, and the unit has to support time machine, iirc. i'm pretty sure all the synologys in the last five years or so do. it breaks a non-zero amount of the time though
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Mar 6, 2018 16:09
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Time Machine works over SMB 3 as of macOS Sierra
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BangersInMyKnickers posted:I have no idea I put all my important docs on onedrive but I'd rather not lose applications or config files when I send this thing in for service. I'll give that a spin idk much about osx other than its not very good, but i would imagine the best way to back it up would be to use its built in backup software. even if its a one time backup its probably easier to restore from than a rsync
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Mar 6, 2018 17:05
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time machine is very good, it just used to be rather finicky about running on anything other than a local external drive or a time capsule. if it supports smb3 now it's probably better
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Mar 6, 2018 17:13
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Try an external usb hard disk. Pretty sure they won't get deleted off one just because you don't plug it in for a month
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Last Chance posted:it means what i said: icloud drive, like all similar products (onedrive, google drive, etc.) is not meant as a backup store. it's purely used for keeping files in sync between active devices. you shouldn't rely on it as the only "backup" for some irreplaceable files ok ill upload it to backblaze too thanks
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Wheany posted:Try an external usb hard disk. Pretty sure they won't get deleted off one just because you don't plug it in for a month do this.
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Mar 6, 2018 17:34
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so what's the difference between force touch and 3d touch?
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Mar 6, 2018 17:48
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more levels of sensitivity to use for press gestures I think
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Mar 6, 2018 17:58
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cinci zoo sniper posted:so what's the difference between force touch and 3d touch? I literally have no idea. except that force touch sounds like something for which you should be arrested.
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Mar 6, 2018 18:01
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cinci zoo sniper posted:so what's the difference between force touch and 3d touch? 6 shits in one hand, half a dozen shits in the other
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Mar 6, 2018 18:03
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facebook is bad but i’m here for their cso making GBS threads on apple keyboards https://twitter.com/alexstamos/status/971227426423414784
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my .02c, typing on the iPad in landscape mode is comfortable and actually kinda satisfying. makes me feel like I’m using Dillinger’s terminal in TRON. I’d rank it above butterfly switches, maybe on par with Apple scissor switches
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Mar 7, 2018 16:45
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Silver Alicorn posted:my .02c, typing on the iPad in landscape mode is comfortable and actually kinda satisfying. makes me feel like I’m using Dillinger’s terminal in TRON. I’d rank it above butterfly switches, maybe on par with Apple scissor switches using an iPad I’ve never gotten close to the speed I can type on a real keyboard
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Mar 7, 2018 18:16
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ipad is on the way out anyway, the ipad mini is going away soon and the ipad maxi is flopping big time so thanks to tim's incompetence it'll be touchbar macs and iphablets only soon enough
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Mar 7, 2018 18:22
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7" tablets are a good form factor for point of sale systems, I see a lot of bars and coffee shops that use them as square terminals
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Mar 7, 2018 18:40
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well then a boon for the android garbage tablet mill that tim is getting out of that terrible form factor he should never have pursued
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Mar 7, 2018 18:42
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The Management posted:using an iPad I’ve never gotten close to the speed I can type on a real keyboard if i need to do any kind of serious typing I don’t want a laptop size keyboard at all
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Penguissimo posted:also it will delete it from your local storage so you don't have to worry about someone stealing that data from the machine keep seeing people say this and it's wrong local copies remain, with changes/deletions syncing. only infrequently accessed files become online only. when you enable sync to icloud, osx then points your current desktop to a new, empty icloud one while data uploads in the background. probably a clunky sync implementation but i'm not a highly paid apple engineer so i don't want to suppose why it's done this way.
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Silver Alicorn posted:if i need to do any kind of serious typing i need to reconsider my life choices
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remember when that dj lost his entire music library to the cloud just before an event and tweeted asking for help? good times
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