Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video

From	Davoud <star@sky.net>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video
Date	2017-02-11 10:02 -0500
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<110220171002217823%star@sky.net> (permalink)
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Alan Browne:
> New video camera I've been experimenting with.  I've been putting the 
> files in folders on the desktop.

> Since these test videos have no lasting value, to avoid having them 
> backed up by TM, I created a desktop folder, and dragged the folders 
> into that one.  In TM preferences, marked that folder to not be backed up.

> But that new folder is empty.  The files have disappeared.  Peeked via 
> terminal as well.  Gone Jim....

Sorry to hear that. Whether it's disposable "rehearsal" clips/stills or
the real thing, the very first thing I do is back it up locally, either
by drag-and-drop or, when appropriate, with SuperDuper. Knock on wood,
I haven't lost anything /yet/ .

I don't get the usefulness of Time Machine/Time Capsule via WiFi,
though I have two Time Capsule drives. It's much faster and more
convenient for /me/ to store SuperDuper clones on external drives where
the Apple file hierarchy is preserved and no clumsy (to /me/ ) graphic
interface is required to find and restore a file to my internal drive.
Of course, with six Macs in our home, my wife and I have a considerable
investment in high-capacity external FW drives, not less than two per
Mac.

I don't store irreplaceable files in the cloud, and if I did it
wouldn't be iCloud. I reserve that for syncing calendars and contacts,
with data also remaining on all devices. Apple has a poor record with
cloud services, IMO; I don't remember how many they've gone through and
abandoned -- .Mac, iTools, MobileMe come to mind -- and I no longer
trust them. Final Cut Studio, Aperture... As if I bought a car and a
couple of years later the Mfr. said "That model can no longer be driven
and is unsupported. No parts, no service, but we have a new model that
will work for a while." And Apple has no pro-level backup software for
iCloud; it's all canned amateur stuff, too much automation, too few
choices.

-- 
I agree with almost everything that you have said and almost everything that
you will say in your entire life.

usenet *at* davidillig dawt cawm

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Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 08:44 -0500
  Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 09:29 -0500
    Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 10:42 -0500
      Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 12:11 -0500
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 14:07 -0500
  Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-11 10:02 -0500
    Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 10:42 -0500
      Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2017-02-11 10:17 -0700
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 13:10 -0500
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-11 13:32 -0500
            Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-11 13:36 -0500
            Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-11 14:17 -0500
              Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-12 00:05 -0500
                Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alrescha <alrescha@gmail.com> - 2017-02-12 01:42 -0500
                Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2017-02-12 13:37 -0500
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-11 13:13 -0500
      Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2017-02-11 10:05 -0800
    Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 10:49 -0500
  Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-02-11 15:00 -0500
    Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 15:04 -0500
      Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-02-12 11:41 -0500
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-12 16:59 +0000
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-12 18:13 -0500
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-12 23:51 +0000
            Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-12 18:58 -0500
              Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2017-02-12 17:11 -0700
              Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-13 01:22 +0000
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2017-02-12 23:37 -0500
            Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-13 14:42 +0000
            Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-13 15:07 -0500
              Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-02-13 12:20 -0800
                Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-14 10:50 -0500
                Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2017-02-14 09:58 -0800
                Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-14 18:51 -0500
              Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video android <here@there.was> - 2017-02-13 21:25 +0100
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-02-16 01:24 +0100
  Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 16:44 -0500
    Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-11 23:04 +0000
      Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 18:26 -0500
        Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2017-02-11 23:39 +0000
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2017-02-11 18:43 -0500
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2017-02-11 18:58 -0500
          Re: Mac OS just destroyed 44 GB of video - added detail "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2017-02-16 01:27 +0100

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