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Re: Minimum necessary tools for working on your Macs

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In message <d8n36fFcq0vU1@mid.individual.net> 
  Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
> Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
>> 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.

> Screen sharing is fine, but doesn't offer nearly as many management
> features. Pick the best tool for the job.

> You only need ARD installed on the machine(s) you use to manage the rest.
> It doesn't need to be installed on each client. And installing it is simple
> anyway.

>> 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/>

> No thanks. It's written in Java which opens you up to even more security
> vulnerabilities, and is buggy as hell in my experience. Almost any other
> backup tool is better IMO.

I've been using it for several years to backup a clients machine to my
machine and have had no problems at all.

As for Java, it is not *web* Java, which is where the security issues
are. Java locally is no less secure than, say, perl.


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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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