Re: 10.6 no longer boots.

From	FPP <fredp151@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.system
Subject	Re: 10.6 no longer boots.
Date	2014-08-11 23:31 -0400
Organization	Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
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On 2014-08-12 01:26:22 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:

> In article <lsbgah$9hg$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 2014-08-11 21:21:01 +0000, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> said:
>>> In article <lsb6od$8so$1@dont-email.me>, FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2014-08-11 15:54:34 +0000, nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) said:
>>>>> nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> they're working on 64 bit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I'll believe that when I see it. It's seven years since the last major
>>>>> upgrade (DiskWarrior 4) was released and the last 32-bit Mac shipped. If
>>>>> Alsoft couldn't get a 64-bit version out the door before now, they
>>>>> probably never will. Think Copland.
>>>>> 
>>>>> DiskWarrior is zombieware, done in by the Recovery Disk and Time Machine
>>>>> software that comes with every free copy of OS X.
>>>> 
>>>> Really?  What oes Time Machine repair?
>>> 
>>> Nothing. that was Neill's point - you don't need to repair the drive,
>>> you simply reformat or replace it, and then restore the backup.
>> 
>> If the drive is bad, fine... that makes sense.
>> 
>> If it's the OS, then just porting the problem over to a new drive does
>> nothing.  Your backup might just contain the seed of the root problem,
>> and you'd never know it.
>> 
>> In which case, repairing the OS is what you should do.
> 
> Backing up the OS is rather pointless, unless perhaps it's a "mission
> critical" work computer. You can simply restore the OS and applications
> from the original install disc, etc., which is usually a much better
> idea anyway. It's your own irreplacable personal data that you should
> be backing up.

Backing up the OS is pointless?

That's the least sound advice I've ever read.
-- 
Never judge a man till you've walked a mile in his shoes.  By then, 
you're a mile away, you've got his shoes,and you can say whatever the 
hell you want.

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10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-08 21:36 -0700
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  Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Kevin McMurtrie <mcmurtrie@pixelmemory.us> - 2014-08-09 11:20 -0700
    Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-09 17:20 -0700
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 01:43 -0400
                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-11 23:28 -0400
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. FPP <fredp151@gmail.com> - 2014-08-12 03:14 -0400
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              Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-08-11 14:56 +0000
            Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-11 09:54 -0600
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 09:52 -0700
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. Siri Crews <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2014-08-13 11:50 -0700
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                Re: 10.6 no longer boots. nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2014-08-14 10:17 -0600
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