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Episode 70 - Data Backups on Mac OS X
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Recorded live January 20, 2009
  • Robbie's Favorites:  Google.  More than just a search engine.
  • Feature:  Backing up your files in Mac OS X Leopard using Time Machine.
  • Followup Feature:  Thoughts to ponder about backing up files in Linux.

Topics Covered:

  • Viewer Testimonials.
  • Feature:  Canadian Correspondent Tyler Steingard joins us to look at conducting our data backups on Mac OS X Leopard.
  • The Mac OS X filesystem structure.
  • Using Finder in Mac OS X Leopard to browse your files.
  • Navigating Mac OS X to your user's data folder to find your Desktop files, Documents, Movies, Music, etc.
  • How much time your backup takes using Time Machine on Mac OS X.
  • Manually running a backup in Time Machine.
  • Using the Time Machine settings in System Preferences to configure your Time Machine backups on Mac OS X.
  • Using the Time Machine interface to recover a deleted file on Mac OS X Leopard.
  • Viewer Comment:  TimeVault is worth the mention for a Linux alternative to Time Machine.
  • Viewer Question:  Have you ever used Mac OS 9?
  • Viewer Question:  What happens if you upgrade to the latest version of Mac OS?  Is your Time Machine backup backward compatible once you upgrade?
  • Final thoughts about Mac OS X data backups.
  • The sneeze-stopping robot.
  • Watching Category5 Technology TV live through your iPhone.
  • Viewer Question:  Could you recommend a system cleanup tool for Ubuntu Intrepid?
  • Viewer Question:  I just purchased a blu-ray Burner.  Can I burn regular CD's on that drive, or do I have to use a regular CD burner in addition to my new drive?
  • Viewer Question:  Could you recommend a program that could get files back that have been deleted from an Ubuntu filesystem?
  • Viewer Question:  I want to build my first computer for gaming and multitasking with a budget of up to $1,000 USD.  I was wondering, do you have any tips for what hardware I should buy?
  • Robbie explains motherboards, processors, RAM (dual-channel) and other items to help you buy the parts for your computer build.
  • Viewer Question:  How do you know the power supply you buy will fit your computer's form factor?
  • The main / key points to keeping your computer cost down when building a new computer with the intention of upgrading down the road.
  • Viewer Question:  I upgraded the RAM in my computer.  Should I also increase my swap partition size?
  • Robbie's Favorites:  Google.  Using some of the more advanced features of the Google search engine such as looking up maps, local businesses based on postal / ZIP code, conducting currency conversions, converting measurements, checking the weather, finding global times, etc.
  • Episode 70.  Unbelievable.
  • Carrie's Question:  What is "Swap Space"?
  • Why does more RAM make your computer faster?
  • A couple mentions about data backups in Linux, and what we want to approach in the near future, such as backing up our files to a separate hard drive, using a web-based backup service, and saving your hidden files such as your Mozilla Firefox bookmarks file.
  • Viewer Question:  Will you be talking about RAID?
  • Why is China so high for viewership this month?

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