Hello Jean, how easy was the Carbonite restore? I have done it on a PC but not a Mac. Max.
On 05/11/2013, at 2:22 PM, jean parker <radiofore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All: > First of all, I want to thank everyone for your help on my various computer > restoration issues over the weekend. I am happy to report that everything is > now back to normal. > > A big part of the reason why it is back to normal relates to the discussion > on external drives. I have them of course, including one I purchased from > the Apple store. I carry two with me when traveling as one is only for time > machine. The drives are very small so don't take up much room. My Seagate > drive is more of a desktop size and stays at home. > > The reason for all this explanation is to say that my time machine > restoration was not perfect. For whatever reason it would not restore > bookmarks, contacts, settings, program files or several other necessary > elements. It was only because I had iCloud and Carbonite that everything got > restored. This three-pronged backup strategy worked well for me as this was > the smoothest computer recovery I have ever had. > All of this is to say that I would not be comfortable with data backups only > on hard drives. Things go wrong and they certainly did in my situation. In > the end, each of the three backups had part of what I needed and the Apple > programs I had purchased were conveniently available on the Apple web site. > I am very glad I utilised all of these strategies. As I have said on this > list before, Carbonite gets my last dime. They have always been there for > me, have outstanding customer service and provide a lot of peace of mind. > Jean > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
