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Spotlight and backups
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wmepercy (apparently)
- 03:44pm May 6, 2005 PSTvia emailGlenn Fleishman paints a seductive picture of how Spotlight will change
the way we store and access data.
> the interface to our data is no longer the worn-out metaphor of files
> and folders, but a rich interactive approach that mediates between an
> underlying structure we don't need to understand and our desire to
> find things by the way we remember them. Say goodbye to descriptive
> file names, for instance.
How will this affect back up strategies? I don't back up everything on
my HD at the moment but tell Retrospect what to focus on, namely
folders of irreplaceable personal material. If Spotlight lulls us into
leaving this data in a more and more disorganised state how can back up
software sift the wheat from the chaff?
Will Percy
Mito, Japan
Curtis Wilcox
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May 9, 2005 7:03 pm
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Re: Spotlight and backups
On 5/6/05 6:44 PM, "William Percy" <wmepercy  lapis.plala.or.jp> wrote: Glenn Fleishman paints a seductive picture of how Spotlight will change the way we store and access data. > the interface to our data is no longer the worn-out metaphor of files > and folders, but a rich interactive approach that mediates between an > underlying structure we don't need to understand and our desire to > find things by the way we remember them. Say goodbye to descriptive > file names, for instance. How will this affect back up strategies? I don't back up everything on my HD at the moment but tell Retrospect what to focus on, namely folders of irreplaceable personal material. If Spotlight lulls us into leaving this data in a more and more disorganised state how can back up software sift the wheat from the chaff? This shareware program may be a solution, syncupX. I just saw this program
listed today on VersionTracker. Previously you could only drag folders to it
for backup selection but recently the option to drag saved searches was
added. http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/26249
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