On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 6:44 AM, Xu Wang <xuwang...@gmail.com> wrote: > Graham, > > That's interesting! haha yes, sometimes I have a similar problem of knowing > I made a backup but forgetting where. That's why I'm switching to using a > version control system. I think these are better than and dropbox-like > alternative because of regressions. You often don't want to go back to a > previous version, you just want to figure out what went wrong. I think that > version control systems are the best for this. > Good point. I have just tried, and with SpiderOak you can easily download two historic versions of a file, and then diff them using Meld or similar. So this can be done, too.
For simplistic usage, the big thingy missing from dropbox-like solutions is a log entry for each backup. This is why I tend to have a 'change.log' file that I update when reaching some milestone, where I input the current date and a VC-like log entry. It's a bit hackish but it works for me. Liviu > Glad everything is fine! > > Best, > > Xu > > On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:56 AM, Graham Smith <myotis...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hello Xu, >> >>> I don't mean to be parental, but this should be a good reminder to you >>> that it's always good to save frequently and to save many different >>> versions. Ideally you should look into a version control system (which LyX >>> actually supports!), but at the least, make multiple backups, and not just >>> one one machine. >> >> Or, to remember that a back up exists!! >> All my documents are in a Dropbox folder which is then synced to three >> different computers including one off site, as well as the Dropbox servers. >> >> Dropbox records a snapshot of every save for the last 30 days, and saves >> them on their server. They also do a paid version which saves snapshots for >> longer than 30 days. >> I save frequently, indeed looking at the log on Dropbox I seem to save >> every two to three minutes and I have 22 pages of snapshots. >> I had forgotten all about this until your comments above. However, the >> free Dropbox solution isn't going to help if I come back to a document in 6 >> months time, as it only keeps the versions for 30 days, rather than keeping >> 30 days worth of versions (if you see what I mean), which I hadn't realised. >> So I will need to think about that, and thanks fro raising it. >> Graham >> >> >> > > -- Do you know how to read? http://www.alienetworks.com/srtest.cfm http://goodies.xfce.org/projects/applications/xfce4-dict#speed-reader Do you know how to write? http://garbl.home.comcast.net/~garbl/stylemanual/e.htm#e-mail
