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  • With regard to the one-post-wonders: you can extend that to the query-and-forget people. I still consider it very rude to start a thread with a personal question and never return to reply (regardless if the OP ever reads the answers what he most pro…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by farlander The easier way to explain the difference between soft and hard links, in my opinion, is like this: A file consists of an actual file data, and directory entry, known as inode, referring to the data. A s…
  • @khyros re keeping of deleted files: Wild speculative guess: Your file A will lost because the hard link feature does not provide a way to easily take care of it. To keep it, it would require a consolidation of all 24 hourly backups. Then you'd ha…
  • Looking forward to get a Mac myself. What I notices when playing around with a new iMac and Pages in a store nearby, I was missing most of the standard Windows key combos for navigating in the text. It appeared to me that at least half of the follow…
  • Quote: Originally Posted by Applecandidate Hi, I'm a long time Windows user eager to switch to Mac (especially after trying Vista!) I'm waiting for Leopard to be released for my purchase, however, after testing different websites on Safari in …
  • Quote: Originally Posted by bxs6408 TM knows what to backup. Sure. But I assume it won't make 'temporary backups' while the external HD is offline, so of course you lose all hourly, daily or even weekly backups for the time you're away, right?…