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- Martti Suomivuori
My recent experience is related to a Tahoe upgrade on my MBAir 15".
All installed, ready to go, I ran a TimeMachine bacup as I do before and after each upgrade.
All was well until I forgot my password. I forgot to update it on Dashlane app that takes care of things not to forget.
I managed to crash the Mac. It went into full Rainman mode: "Oh-oh, problem problem."
Genius shop failed at first as they tried to install Sequoia on a drive that had remnants of Tahoe.
This is in Réunion Island, we are a bit slow here.
"Do you happen to have a recent backup?" Well, I did and handed over the emergency-yellow LaCie disk from my bag.
With the cable, of course.
I fetched the fully functional MBAir following morning and made a backup.
Smooth sailing ever since.
I can plug a TimeMachine volume on my Wi-Fi but it will be slow and it poses a security problem.
The smart thing to do would be a local network Synology NAS that can be configured to serve as a TimeMachine volume to take care of your backups and more. It is an overkill in my situation.
I'll stick to my weekly local hard disk backups.
Tell me about the BU strategies and equipment you use.
Were you ever saved by a backup?
All installed, ready to go, I ran a TimeMachine bacup as I do before and after each upgrade.
All was well until I forgot my password. I forgot to update it on Dashlane app that takes care of things not to forget.
I managed to crash the Mac. It went into full Rainman mode: "Oh-oh, problem problem."
Genius shop failed at first as they tried to install Sequoia on a drive that had remnants of Tahoe.
This is in Réunion Island, we are a bit slow here.
"Do you happen to have a recent backup?" Well, I did and handed over the emergency-yellow LaCie disk from my bag.
With the cable, of course.
I fetched the fully functional MBAir following morning and made a backup.
Smooth sailing ever since.
I can plug a TimeMachine volume on my Wi-Fi but it will be slow and it poses a security problem.
The smart thing to do would be a local network Synology NAS that can be configured to serve as a TimeMachine volume to take care of your backups and more. It is an overkill in my situation.
I'll stick to my weekly local hard disk backups.
Tell me about the BU strategies and equipment you use.
Were you ever saved by a backup?
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