Backing up Your Wonderful Mac: Think Twice

September 6, 2020

If you have a Mac anything, check out “Under Construction.” The write up does a good and mostly politically correct explanation of why one’s Mac back ups often disappoint. People love Apple and adore their Mac whatevers. We were testing a software which bonds two or more Internet connections. The software was okay, but the zippy super duper antenna we had to purchase was a bit more problematic. To make the painful two days short, the drivers to make the wonderful Mac connect to the external super duper antenna did not work. The installation nuked the existing installation of our former friend Catalina. We figured no big deal. We had TimeMachine. We had a manual back up on a separate external device.

Problem? You bet.

Nothing restored. If the information in Under Construction is on the beam, the problem is a result of Apple’s lack of engineering attention.

What was our fix? We reinstalled Mojave and got everything working. The TimeMachine thing? We are not using it any more. We manually copy data files and will rely on complete reinstalls when the wonderfully mis-engineered Macs create such excitement. Back ups? Hey, no big deal. Buy an iPhone.

Stephen E Arnold, September 6, 2020

Written by Stephen E. Arnold · Filed Under News, Technology

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