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Set MBR Correctly to Backup Successfully with OS X Time Machine
Fri, Feb 12 2010 09:40
| 10.6, backup, software, Time Machine, osx, mbr, partition map, apple
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If you use Time Machine on OS X, you need to ensure your target drive is formatted with the correct Master Boot Record type. Time Machine requires either "Apple Partition Map" (works with PowerPC or Intel but is best for PowerPC) or "GUID Partition Table" (works with Intel).
There are a couple of problems which lead to this requirement biting people on the you-know-where.
Pre-formatted drives
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Backup Your Twitter, Friendfeed or other RSS Feeds
Wed, Feb 25 2009 11:36
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The furor over Facebook's ill-advised and since-rescinded claim to own all your content made me think whether my Twitter tweets and FriendFeed posts have any sort of value. While their value to anyone except me is questionable, perhaps we can say that they may be of value as an archive, and, that they may gain in value over time, as more and more are built up.
How to Backup FriendFeed, Twitter or