Comments on: Wordpress configuration details and Mac applications http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/09/22/wordpress-configuration-details-and-mac-applications/ Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: greg carroll http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/09/22/wordpress-configuration-details-and-mac-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-41074 greg carroll Sun, 23 Sep 2007 03:51:32 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/09/22/wordpress-configuration-details-and-mac-applications/#comment-41074 WHY would you not back up applications? Are you insane?? - lol Seriously .... you need to add 'superduper' to your list. With a firewire drive on a mac you can make a bootable image of your entire HDD. This (FREE) piece of software has saved my bacon on more than one occasion. Having a bootable image also means you can run off a borrowed machine, using the FW drive, and continue working. Then re-image back to your own computer and you are off again. As a principal I cannot afford to spend a day or two reinstalling and upgrading the 90-100 odd applications I have and use, even if only occasionally, when a HD fails. They ALL fail - it is only time Check out AppFresh too - checks you have the latest versions of software. Like you I have a long list of applications and this is great for making sure I am on top of updates. Thanks for the list of Apps though. A good list!! Cheers Greg WHY would you not back up applications? Are you insane?? - lol
Seriously …. you need to add ’superduper’ to your list. With a firewire drive on a mac you can make a bootable image of your entire HDD. This (FREE) piece of software has saved my bacon on more than one occasion. Having a bootable image also means you can run off a borrowed machine, using the FW drive, and continue working. Then re-image back to your own computer and you are off again.
As a principal I cannot afford to spend a day or two reinstalling and upgrading the 90-100 odd applications I have and use, even if only occasionally, when a HD fails. They ALL fail - it is only time
Check out AppFresh too - checks you have the latest versions of software. Like you I have a long list of applications and this is great for making sure I am on top of updates.

Thanks for the list of Apps though. A good list!!
Cheers
Greg

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