Backup – we all know we should, but do you? How much do you have to lose? Photographs? Music? Video? Documents? How much work?
If you have a recent Macintosh, the article linked below explains how to do it all.
Focus is on recent OS X, but if you are using another OS (including older versions of OS X, phones & tablets), some of it, including online backup with services such as CrashPlan, Backblaze & Livedrive, will be useful to you too.
http://www.idgconnect.com/abstract/12227/the-complete-easy-guide-backing-mac/ Mac stolen damaged replacing hardware itself technically very easy money data hard disk SSD precious photos carefully amassed iTunes library work novel best case scenario pay hundreds thousands of dollars data recovery specialist worst case gone for good you should back up your Mac computer phone different ways of backing up backup strategy lose any of your files pros and cons different back up backup your computer information data informed decision protecting your data detailed information if you do nothing else, do this easy cheap some basic protection against data loss recommendation good mix of backup methods your data can withstand almost any catastrophe if you do nothing else do this buy a hard disk plug it into your Mac when prompted Time Machine backup accept prompt launch System Preferences pick hard disk Time Machine backup pane wrong format Macintosh Mac offer reformat it for you launch Disk Utility repartition drive single partition GUID map Mac OS X Extended format Time Machine every version of OS X since OS X 10.5 recommended system simple backup process Time Machine disk connected to your Mac good, safe backup strategy your data best chance surviving range of problems minimize your down time if disaster strikes back up backup using Time Machine disk connected to your network extra convenience clone your hard disk daily to a disk connected to your Mac use a cloud backup or peer-to-peer backup service mixing these three strategies file versioning Time Machine overwrite or delete go back to an earlier draft of a file ability to quickly boot from your cloned disk internal drive fails safeguarded against theft or damage more serious disaster such as fire your data also stored elsewhere in the world cloud or other remote backup system three copies of your data if one or more fails options Time Machine disk connected to your Mac apps back up backup your files external hard disk Time Machine is simple built-in sure to be supported file versioning simple backup older copies of your files current one restore the most recent version step back through time grab older drafts good idea to buy a hard disk that’s two or more times the size of your internal drive space to store lots of versions all handled automatically hard disks are cheap 4TB drive laptop SD card slot fitting an SD card Micro SD card inside Nifty MiniDrive Time Machine drive Time Machine portable hard drive Time Machine laptop physically connected disk smaller disks 2.5-inch mechanisms 3.5-inch desktop drives bus-powered drawing the power USB port separate power supply set-it-and-forget-it easy cheap built-in supported takes a snapshot of your files every hour easy to retrieve deleted and overwritten files versioning feature restore an entire system have the disk connected for back ups desktop laptop replace a failed internal hard disk boot from it offers no protection against theft local disasters such as fire Time Machine disk connected to your network Time Machine back up disk disc connected directly to your network network backing up centrally back up completely automatically over the network every hour via Wi-Fi or ethernet laptops especially connect your backup disk automatically whenever the Mac is awake Time Machine network-attached storage device Apple’s Time Capsule network router built-in hard disk plugging a hard disk AirPort Extreme’s USB port available on the network for Time Machine Network-Attached Storage NAS Time Machine backup fireproof waterproof fire proof water proof disks advantages of Time Machine over your home network a little slower speed of your network bandwidth restoring is even slower still connected to your home network extra complexity theft or other local disasters cloning your disk SuperDuper! Carbon Copy Cloner mirror contents of your internal disk to an external drive set schedules internal disk fails boot from the external clone slow level of redundancy down external clone fails FireWire USB PowerPC Macs can’t boot from USB no protection against local disasters RAID disks Cloud backup services CrashPlan Backblaze Livedrive good data redundancy iCloud’s backup abilities backup back up your photo library documents stored on iCloud Drive backup system on iOS peer-to-peer offsite backup CrashPlan initial backup process CrashPlan RAID disaster-proofed drive data encrypted backup drive cloud backup data is protected from theft local disasters CrashPlan Backblaze Livedrive /
While the image above may look like the surface of the Moon, it is actually Mercury, although the reasons are the same: impact craters. Images are from the MESSENGER (for MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) spacecraft which ended its mission with an impact on the planet surface on 30 April, 2015.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/228110-nasa-unveils-first-mercury-topography-maps-from-messenger-craft/ NASA Mercury topography maps MESSENGER space craft spacecraft
MESSENGER Mercury explorer 4,104 orbits around the planet closest to our sun one-year mission MESSENGER expiry stayed in orbit around Mercury protected by its ceramic cloth sunshade ran out of fuel crash landed on the far side of the planet 30 April 2015 NASA analyzing data probe topographic maps Mercury’s surface MESSENGER MErcury Surface Space ENvironment GEochemistry Ranging characterize Mercury’s surface chemistry geological history exosphere quasi-atmosphere rarefied gas Mercury’s strangely paired core magnetosphere technological firsts first spacecraft to orbit Mercury first image Mercury MESSENGER 2011 extension extended mission March 2015 MESSENGER descended high eccentric orbit hover altitudes planet’s surface shallow orbit MESSENGER’s surface team execute seven orbit correction maneuvers LASER laser topographic images complete topographic map of Mercury planet surface elevation altitude lowest point 5km below its average elevation highest point 4km above average MESSENGER past volcanic activity extensive lavas APL Applied Physics Laboratory Nancy Chabot Instrument Scientist Mercury Dual Imaging System MDIS Mercury relatively young surface completely refreshed violence frequency volcanic activity. Consequently, no part of its surface is quite as old as the planet itself, making the project of mapping Mercury’s topography an ongoing challenge MESSENGER spent most of its time close to Mercury around the planet’s high northerly latitudes mean that, just like on Earth, in its pictures the sun is always low in the sky. Long shadows can obscure the real color characteristics of the rocks. So MESSENGER’s MDIS captured images planet’s north pole five narrow-band color filters 1100-lb spacecraft image 93-km Jokai crater MESSENGER source of data ESA’s BepiColombo spacecraft orbit Mercury MESSENGER crater scientists precise timepoint time point measure the rate surface weathering micrometeorites sculpt planet’s craterous surface MESSENGER chemistry specialist neutron spectrometer gamma spectroscopy data images Mercury’s surface chemistry elements geological ages /
Today, Google released a keyboard for iOS it calls, Gboard. Features include swipe typing, & (being Google), search, including emoji search & animated GIF search.
Get it at the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gboard-search.-gifs.-emojis/id1091700242?mt=8/ Google launched Gboard iOS keyboard combines Google Search typing type keyboard search local business images animated GIFs Gboard looks like a normal keyboard except for the Google icon left side suggestion bar Google search bar suggestions type in a query usual return send button turn blue search results appear horizontally scrolling interface keyboard area sift through search results without leaving current app tiny tabs on the bottom for normal search results images GIFs normal results pasted into the conversation usable text picture of the Google results card normal search results local businesses Google answer cards card weather celebrity direct answer to a question find YouTube videos drop them into a conversation offer a better way to get media search results conversation show a friend a trailer on YouTube work flow workflow leaving the app opening search typing your query copying the result messaging app pasting the link Gboard do all that without leaving the current app saving Gboard is also a normal keyboard supports swiping Google Keyboard on Android search emojis emoji suggestions list keyboard available in the App Store glide typing keyboard swype typing swipe typing /
Apart from the headphone socket, Apple's MacBook 12" has only one port for all i/o, including data & video, plus charging. Even that is the still-uncommon, USB-C.
Most users will require some sort of adapter to expand i/o. Apple has some, but unsurprisingly, they are far from inexpensive.
Apple USB-C Digital AV Multiport Adapter
USB-C, HDMI, USB 3.0 Credit: Apple
And, compared to the Marble USB-C docking & charging station, quite limited.
Marble USB-C docking & charging station Credit: MOFILY/Kickstarter
Compared to the nearest Apple equivalent, Marble adds:
1 more USB-C port
1 more USB 3.0 port
microSD card reader
60 Watt AC power adapter
10.5 Watt charging for your phone or other mobile device (x2)
Marble can also charge &/or expand the functionality of other devices, including laptops, phones & tablets.
Also available is the Marble DCS2 which replaces the full size HDMI port with micro HDMI & Mini DisplayPort.
Marble is not much larger than an Apple power adapter Credit: MOFILY/Kickstarter
More about the Marble USB-C docking & charging station on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2121748736/marble-a-portable-2-in-1-usb-c-docking-and-chargin?ref=nav_search/ Marble portable USB-C docking charging station Apple MacBook 12 inch expand USB-C HDMI DisplayPort USB USB-C USB A microSD charge 4x devices simultaneously built-in 60W AC 12" MacBook XPS13 9350 laptops new powerful USB Type-C port computer power data transfer input output i/o wired single USB-C port single port Marble ultra-portable 2-in-1 docking charging station designed work with USB-C devices Apple’s new 12-inch Macbook Dell XPS 13 9350 Samsung TabPro S Huawei Matebook Chromebook Pixel Marble’s port expansion function devices USB 3.1 port charging function USB 3.1 devices charging voltage device voltages: 5V 9V 12V 14.5V 19V Marble disabled charging function third-party chargers HP Spectre X2 Marble compact connect multiple devices USB-C ported laptop Macbook Dell XPS13-9450 Samsung TabPro S Huawei Matebook USB 3.0 high-speed ports 2 USB-C ports MSD 4.0 microSD card reader monitor extension ports HDMI Mini Displayport Marble 60W AC adapter chargers adapters smartphone tablet other devices Marble Marble charge USB-C port laptop devices AC outlet Marble multifunctional hub laptop power supply USB ports automatically switch from AC to laptop total maximum power output of 5V 1.5A USB bc1.2 specifications travel companion connecting laptop Marble much more powerful charger /
Shortly after the shut down of its last coal fired power station, South Australia’s electricity was being supplied by a mix of gas, wind & solar Credit: Renew Economy – reneweconomy.com.au
South Australia's last coal-fired power station was shut down at 09:40 on Monday 09 May, South Australian Local Time.
From my observations, "NEM Time", used in the "Live Generation" feed, is Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) +4 minutes to -1 minute. E.g. "10:20 (NEM Time)", in the diagram at the top, means between 10:16 & 10:21 AEST. / last coal-fired power generator South Australia switched off 520MW MW mega Watt Northern brown coal power generator last coal fired power station South Australia switched off last time Monday morning decarbonised grid Port Augusta switched Alinta Energy generation falling wholesale power prices renewable energy wind solar graph RenewEconomy Live Generation widget coal power station closed down coal-fired generator replaced by solar power strong community support 110MW solar tower storage facility built Coalition Labor indicated interest supporting solar tower technology growing need dispatchable generation wind solar PV rise above 50 per cent Port Augusta Mayor Sam Johnson Upper Spencer Gulf transform renewable resource centre tender South Australian government low-carbon technology solar tower contract existing gas-fired generation withdrawal last coal-fired generator loss of grid stability soaring power prices Australian Energy Market Operator no increased risk to reliability equipment failure gas-fired generator did not follow market instructions scare campaigns power pricing locking in high-priced contracts local retailers customers are paying twice what they need to pay price of electricity wholesale market $200/MWh jumps were replicated in most states National Electricity Market traders outages coal fired generation on maintenance 2,000MW Liddell coal plant in NSW offline for two months boiler tube leaks South Australia pricing more volatile withdrawal Alinta market dominated two major generation companies AGL Energy GDF Suez more than 60 per cent market share Australian Energy Regulator strategic bidding surges in spot prices market /
Many people who lose weight by dieting, find that they later gain it back. In some cases, ultimately reaching a weight greater than before the diet.
Commonly, this is attributed to the dieter returning to their pre-diet eating habits.
The item linked below paints a more complex picture:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/opinion/sunday/why-you-cant-lose-weight-on-a-diet.html?_r=0/ yoyo dieting yo-yo dieting dropping 129 pounds The Biggest Loser a new study reports participants burning about 500 fewer calories a day other people their age and size helps explain regained 70 percent of their lost weight diet industry reacted defensively participants lost weight too fast ate the wrong kinds of food diets do work study research in the long run dieting is rarely effective doesn’t reliably improve health does more harm than good problem neuroscience metabolic suppression several powerful tools brain uses keep the body within a certain weight range set point range varies from person to person determined by genes and life experience dieters’ weight drops burn fewer calories produce more hunger-inducing hormones find eating more rewarding brain’s weight-regulation system your set point correct weight for you 120 pounds drops to 80 starvation state of emergency get that weight back up to normal diets down Biggest Loser participants coordinated brain response dieters weight loss hard to achieve maintain severe obesity normal weight range severely obese women gaining the weight back over the next five years diet industry weight loss rarely sustained diet achieve permanent weight loss Biggest Loser diet plan previous study metabolic suppression had lost weight and kept it off for up to six years weight is lost slowly or quickly later regain different approaches diet plans provide the same calories different types of food similar weight loss and regain neuroscientist brain’s ability to fight weight loss experience my normal weight my goal maintaining that weight started gaining long-term studies dieters non-dieters obese men and women across ethnic groups childhood through middle age normal weight range female dieters experts argue dieting long-term weight gain genetically prone to gain weight more likely to diet test study researchers twins aged 16 to 25 dieters were more likely to gain weight non-dieting identical twins increase weight gain accounting for genetic background difference in weight gain fraternal twins dieters higher genetic tendency to gain weight study diet increased the odds of becoming overweight men women diets study likely to become overweight causal relationship diets weight gain tested by studying people external motivation lose weight boxers and wrestlers diet qualify for their weight classes genetic predisposition toward obesity 2006 study elite athletes weight-conscious sports three times more likely to be obese competed in other sports test rigorously researchers program weight randomized trial eBody Project online program to fight eating disorders less dieting prevented future weight gain program weight remain stable over the next two years peers intervention gained a few pounds dieting lead to weight gain dieting is stressful calorie restriction produces stress hormones act on fat cells increase the amount of abdominal fat fat is associated with medical problems diabetes heart disease overall weight weight anxiety dieting binge eating weight gain dieters early adolescence become overweight study adolescent girls who dieted frequently non-dieters binge repeated dieting research predict graduate school stress binge eating carton of ice cream box of saltines with butter urge to keep eating intense made myself sick stress out of control binge eating common mammalian response to starvation understand about weight regulation studies of rodents whose eating habits resemble ours mice and rats tasty food plentiful gain different amounts of weight genes that influence weight in people similar effects in mice stress rodents eat more sweet and fatty foods both laboratory and wild rodents have become fatter over the past few decades laboratory rodents learn to binge when deprivation alternates with tasty food dieters rats develop binge eating five days of food restriction followed by two days of free access to Oreos brief stressor eat almost twice as much stressor diets restricted binge on regular chow repeated food deprivation changes dopamine neurotransmitters in the brain govern how animals respond to rewards increases motivation seek out and eat food animals binge brain changes can last long after the diet is over dieting reduces influence brain’s weight-regulation system rules hunger to control eating modern environment marketers advertising supersizing all-you-can-eat buffet long-term dieters eat for emotional reasons because food is available dieters ignored their hunger exhaust their willpower leading to weight gain difficulty of long-term weight loss dieting health problems obesity heart disease diabetes our culture obesity uniquely deadly low fitness smoking high blood pressure low income loneliness better predictors early death obesity exercise study low fitness deaths obesity accounts fitness exercise reduces abdominal fat improves health weight loss overweight people exercising calorie restriction evidence dieting improves health sustain weight loss for years 2013 study obese overweight people diabetes dieters maintained 6 percent weight loss dieters heart attacks strokes deaths from heart disease control group researchers intentional weight loss no effect on mortality overweight diabetics followed for 19 years diets improve cholesterol blood sugar other health markers short term gains may changes in behavior like exercising eating more vegetables obese people exercise eat enough vegetables don’t smoke die young normal-weight people meta-analysis results of multiple studies health improvements dieters amount of weight they lose diet dieting mindful eating paying attention signals of hunger and fullness judgment relearn eat brain’s weight regulation weight-regulation system commands chronic dieters eat when they’re hungry stop when they’re full less likely to become overweight more stable weight over time spend less time thinking about food mindful eating people with eating disorders binge eating learn to eat normally individual’s set point mindful eating reduce weight powerful tool maintain weight stability deprivation dieting happier dieting daily habits exercise meditation enjoy food worrying about it less /
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