Recent blog posts by web developer/designer Chris Bowler and photographer François Arnold started me thinking about my own computer backup strategy. I would like to think I’ve developed a reliable and workable system over the years but on inspection I think have a few gaps. Chris’s blog posting is about how he uses Time…
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I “remote wiped” my iPhone
Last month NPR carried a story about a woman, Amanda Stanton, whose iPhone was remotely disabled while she was travelling for work. She had been talking on it and navigating with a GPS app during a work trip to Los Angeles. Then, without any warning or error message, the phone quit. Her phone was hooked…
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[caption id="attachment_1528" align="alignright" width="160" caption="BackBlaze"] [/caption] Last year my friend had to deliver some distressing news to his wife. The external hard drive on which he had been storing their family photos failed. The problem had started a few weeks earlier when his wife mentioned that the hard drive was making some strange noises. My…
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