The Fine folks aver at the MacTipper.com Blog put together a really nice back up strategy that is really worth looking at.”Backup is one of the most important things you should do on your computer…. Well, here’s the minimum that I suggest you do.Every year, backup your entire computer to DVD/CD.Every month, backup your entire computer to an external HD.Every other week backup your user to an External HD.Every week, backup your critical files (I would suggest a jump-drive, external HD or internet service such as Mozy)…. and then go to File>Export…To do this in Safari, go to File>Export Bookmarks…I would suggest that you save your bookmark.html files to ~/Library/Application Support/Safari/ (You might have to create this folder.)If you have the room, I would suggest that you backup MacHD/Library/ and MacHD/System/Library/ However, be warned that these folders are usually large.So, that’s my two cents on what you should backup.

The folks at CoolOSXApps.net turned me on to AppFresh. AppFresh is a free utility for OS X that keeps all your applications on your Mac up to date

Freeridecoding has released a significant update to the backup program SmartBackup, bringing it to version 2.1. The tool can backup data to hard drives, network sharepoints, webDAV, usb sticks, iPods and other locations. It supports the use of Spotlight’s “saved searches” as backup items or to define exclusion, allowing for dynamic sets of data. The new release can be launched with superuser privileges, has improved cleanup and archiving, improved handling of metadata, improved backup to network shares an updated interface, German localization and several bug fixes. The software is priced at 15 EUR (about $20).

Path Finder 43% off today only (August 1st 2007)

I was looking around on my feeds this morning and came across this nice little application bit. Bonjour for Windows 1.0.4.Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.I have 2 windows computers in my home network, my wife and kids don’t want to make the switch yet, and really want to try this out.
Bonjour, also known as zero-configuration networking, enables automatic discovery of computers, devices, and services on IP networks. Bonjour uses industry standard IP protocols to allow devices to automatically discover each other without the need to enter IP addresses or configure DNS servers.

When I first got started with the Mac platform about a year ago one of my first and still most pressing questions was, “how do I remove an application that I no longer want”?

AppleJack

In My previous post about repairing permissions I explained how to do this from inside the Os using Disk Utility. There is a command line user interface for Mac OS X that provides a simplified interface for single user mode system repairs. It is called AppleJack. YOU MUST RUN IT IN SINGLE USER MODE. To Get to Single User Mode you have to restart the computer and Hit the Command and “S” key at the …

OS X provided Mac users with a new modern operating system with the old foundation of UNIX. One of the benefits of UNIX is it’s multi-user capablity. To manage the users of the system, UNIX uses file ownership and permissions. Ownership and permissions is a large subject unto itself, so we will not address the details here. Look for a tutorial in the future or go to osxfaq.com for additional reading.

Occasionally in OS X some key …

Mozy has introduced their 2 gig online backup solution to the Mac. This service gives you 2 gigs of online storage for free. they do have a fee-based service. There are many different fee-based options ranging in price from 4.95 to just under 50.00 a month. Over the next week we will be useing this software and putting it through the paces.

Mozy Mac Back up

I was not able to write anything better than the web site states its self. Here is the excerpt from the home page.

RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or higher preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers (or UTIs; MacOS 10.4 only). MacOS X uses the extension and file type settings to choose the application when opening a file in …