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Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine?

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On 2018-11-09 20:45:29 +0000, Tim Streater said:
> In article <ps4qrd$1f01$1@gioia.aioe.org>, Your Name
> <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>> 
>> The best approach (that almost no home user does) is to have at least 
>> two drives, which you alternate, say every Friday, and taking the 
>> swapped-out drive off-site. That way, even if your house burns down, 
>> you'll still have a backup somewhere else that is at worst a week old.
> 
> Most users won't have a clue what you are talking about, if you mention
> backup. Some users don't know what double-clicking is. Others seem to
> think the machine is a glorified typewriter, so when they finish a doc
> they hit Return 20 times like they used to do, as if they expect the
> doc to scroll out of the top of the screen on a bit of paper. Then they
> knock on my door and ask why the printer outputs a blank sheet after
> their doc.
> 
> They also do all their document layout using the space bar and the
> built in tabs, and wonder why the layout is fragile in terms of,
> f'rinstance, changing paper size, and looks like shit. I've even seen
> multi-column layouts done entirely with spaces and tabs, in PageMaker,
> FFS.
> 
> And there was one user who insisted on having all the formatting bars
> open at all times when using Word. So that there was about an inch of
> vertical space left for the document.
> 
> I've given up worrying about users who don't know their arse from a
> hole in the ground.

All true, but I was really thinking about those home users who do make 
backups - very few bother to have two drives with one taken off-site. 
Same can be said for most small businesses as well.

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Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 19:16 -0800
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:18 -0500
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:38 -0800
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 14:52 +0000
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-11 13:13 -0500
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 19:34 -0800
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 22:36 -0500
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 20:09 -0800
        Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-08 23:18 -0500
          Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:36 -0800
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500
              Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-09 08:18 -0800
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 11:32 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 16:56 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 09:31 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2018-11-09 20:45 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-09 23:08 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-10 01:13 +0000
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                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-11 17:47 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Wade Garrett <wade@cooler.net> - 2018-11-11 08:32 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-11 16:39 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-11 23:39 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-12 13:00 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without  using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-12 00:23 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-11 20:02 -0500
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-12 03:15 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-12 14:09 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-12 23:01 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-13 13:42 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-13 22:36 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without  using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-17 15:13 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without   using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-11 23:33 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 13:48 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? "John Varela" <newlamps@verizon.net> - 2018-11-09 21:24 +0000
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 13:52 +1300
                Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2018-11-09 23:03 +0000
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2018-11-09 15:04 +0000
            Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2018-11-09 10:56 -0500
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-09 18:26 +1300
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Tom Evans <tomevans9890@yahoo.ca> - 2018-11-08 21:47 -0800
        Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-09 19:32 +1300
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-08 22:25 -0800
      Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2018-11-10 09:25 +1300
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Alan Browne <bitbucket@blackhole.com> - 2018-11-11 13:17 -0500
  Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? Percival John Hackworth <pjh@nanoworks.com> - 2018-11-08 22:19 -0800
    Re: Easy way to recover a file from the emptied Trash, without using Time Machine? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2018-11-09 08:34 -0500

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