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DamianJ · 05-31-2011, 09:00 AM

I needed to wipe my gf's iMac. I was about to reinstall the OS when I thought, I'll just *check* her back up before I nuke and pave.

She uses Time Machine on it, and I checked, and it hadn't backed up since January.

So, this time, we were lucky and I could do another back up before wiping. But if I hadn't she'd have lost an awful lot of pictures.

The lesson = check your back ups. You might not be as lucky we were!

05-31-2011, 09:00 AM
DamianJ Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: A magical land Posts: 15,808	When did you last check your back ups? [PSA] I needed to wipe my gf's iMac. I was about to reinstall the OS when I thought, I'll just check her back up before I nuke and pave. She uses Time Machine on it, and I checked, and it hadn't backed up since January. So, this time, we were lucky and I could do another back up before wiping. But if I hadn't she'd have lost an awful lot of pictures. The lesson = check your back ups. You might not be as lucky we were!