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Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs

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In message <d8l4ruFs5doU4@mid.individual.net> 
  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> On 2015-10-19, Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Each member of my family has a Mac and, of course, they all come to me
>> for assitance.  I admit that I have not kept my set of tools up to
>> date.  What specific tools do you all recommend and, if possible,
>> please provide a recommended source.

> Just off the tip of my brain before I head out the door:

> Apple Remote Desktop
> <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/apple-remote-desktop/id409907375?mt=12>

I used to use ARD quite alot, but I have found that Screen Sharing
works well most of the time. and Screen Sharing has the advantage of
always being there.

> Time Machine
> (seriously, just do it for each machine)

> It's simple to set up, completely automated, reliable, and will save
> their data when the shit hits the fan. It's always best to have good
> backups. : )

I'd add Crashplan, if you have a computer with space and a decent
connection. Setup Crashplan on their machines to backup to your machine
just the important things (~/Pictures ~/Documents ~/Desktop, for
example). This when, when they completely screw up, you have their most
important things available to recover.

Best part, for machine to machine backups, it's entirely free.

<http://www.code42.com/crashplan/>

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Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 11:21 -0700
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 14:24 -0400
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 21:15 +0000
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:24 +0000
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-20 10:46 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 14:59 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz (Jamie Kahn Genet) - 2015-10-21 04:40 +1300
          Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-20 16:10 +0000
        Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-21 00:37 +0000
  Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Jack Shown <jackshown@gmail.com> - 2015-10-19 17:39 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-10-19 20:40 -0400
      Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> - 2015-10-19 19:51 -0700
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-10-19 22:49 -0400
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-10-20 18:27 +1300
    Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-20 11:25 +0000

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