XPost: comp.sys.mac.system, alt.comp.os.windows-10, comp.mobile.android   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2025-04-15 09:11, Marion wrote:   
   > On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:22:45 -0500, Hank Rogers wrote :   
   >   
   >   
   >> I'm surprised you didn't know this!   
   >   
   > EDIT: (There's a plan for backing up data in the 2nd half of this missive.)   
   >   
   > It's no longer shocking what Alan Baker will insist can't be, when everyone   
   > but Alan Baker knows it (see a perfect example in my own header above).   
   >   
   > Alan Baker has owned a bimmer for years and yet disputed what they're   
   > commonly called in technical circles; and Alan Baker claims to 'teach   
   > racing' and yet clearly has never studied the physics involved in   
   > navigating differently various basic curves.   
      
   And now you make up a new lie.   
      
   Your original lie was that my not happening to know which term was used   
   for BMW cars versus their bikes ("Bimmers" vs "Beemers"—I still don't   
   care which is used for which) meant I couldn't possibly own one.   
      
   >   
   > Alan Baker insists Apple has never done wrong (simply because, to him,   
   > paying a half a billion dollars so that they don't have to admit guilt is   
   > proof that Apple cannot do wrong because Apple has too much money to do   
   > so).   
      
   Another lie.   
      
   >   
   > Even the fact that Apple was charged with crimes and that Apple paid the   
   > French prosecutor for those crimes, means, to Alan, that it never happened.   
      
   "Charged"? Yes.   
      
   Found guilty of them? No.   
      
   >   
   > Moving on ... we're here to improve our technical knowledge, where I have   
   > (what I think is) sage advice for how to plan on backing up all your data.   
   >   
   > As for the technical aspect of backing up data, I've been doing that for as   
   > many decades as the rest of you have, starting back in the 1960's on   
   > magtape and punched cards (sorry, I never learned how to use punched tape).   
    > > It's my opinion, based on experience, that on Linux/Windows, you   
   have to   
   > plan for your data backup the day you set up your system. This is why I   
   > have a directory for data on Windows that exactly mirrors the app dir.   
   >   installers: C:\software\editors\text\gvim\.   
   >   apps: C:\apps\editors\text\gvim\.   
   >   Taskbar menu: menu > editors > text > gvim.lnk   
   >   data:  C:\data\editors\text\gvim\. (e.g., tmp files & settings)   
   >   
   > Your plan banks on being able to set the data directory of each program at   
   > the time you install that program. Fat chance getting Adobe products to   
   > respect that plan; but there are programs out there which allow you to set   
   > the data directory (e.g., OSMAnd~ on Android allows you a map directory).   
   >   
   > However, executing the strategic plan of backing up data is sort of like   
   > what happens during war the moment there is contact with the enemy.   
   >   
   > The enemy gets a vote.   
   > Hence, no plan survives intact after contact with the enemy.   
   >   
   > It's the same with backing up your data.   
   >   
   > The only plan that works all the time is to plan how you're going to back   
   > up your system the day you set up that system - and then - you modify that   
   > plan upon contact with each app or program.   
   >   
   > Consider the program installation your first contact with the enemy.   
   > And change the plan accordingly - since the program gets a vote.   
      
   My plan is to use appropriate backup software to deal with the entire   
   system.   
      
   In days past, that was most often an application called "Retrospect"   
   which I set up for clients both on individual systems, or using a backup   
   server. Now I only use it for my Windows clients.   
      
   For those using Macs (including myself), I simply use the excellent   
   built-in backup software, "Time Machine".   
      
   :-)   
      
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