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10.5: Reinstall Java on Leopard
Authored by: SuperCrisp on May 18, '09 08:41:20AM

Of course you're right. In a perfect world this would be the case. But since most users don't even back up, I doubt an improvement to Time Machine would help.



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10.5: Reinstall Java on Leopard
Authored by: MacTripper on May 18, '09 09:16:44AM

<i>Of course you're right. In a perfect world this would be the case. But since most users don't even back up, I doubt an improvement to Time Machine would help.</i>

People don't backup because sellers don't inform people of the possibility of failure with their new machines.

If you try to inform them, customers think your trying to pitch them to buy something more than they already have or worse think there is something wrong with the machine they are about to buy.

Apple should package a 'user friendly' option bootable Time Machine (with OS X previous version ability) drive with all new machines. Especially consumer models.

It would only add about $80 to the price. Naturally a opt out for those who already have a backup solution.

But this way every computer newbie will have a automated backup solution and get into the backup habit, not learning after a failure occurs.

A top down solution instead of a bottom up one.




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10.5: Reinstall Java on Leopard
Authored by: asmeurer on May 18, '09 01:08:44PM

If you ever buy a Mac from an Apple store, the salespeople will always suggest that you buy a hard drive from them. All the user has to do is plug the drive in to make Time Machine work. Making it bootable would be a nice feature for a future OS release (Snow Leopard?). I think that the Apple online store also has external hard drives listed as one of the 'accessories" that it suggests that you buy after you are done purchasing a new Mac. On the other hand, you have a point. Companies either have to admit that their product will likely fail or convince consumers that they will likely accidentally do something they didn't want to do, such as deleting a file, to convince them that they need to backup. But that really should only be difficult for someone who has never used computers before.



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