Archivist

[franceslievens]

The archivist in me has lost a part of her memory. In an attempt to synch two computers, so I could take one with me to Oxford, my local mailboxes have gone awry: the content of mails isn't what it says in the subject line. Sometimes I want to reread old mails, like rereading old letters. I feel a part of me is lost now. Here's to hopefully finding the correct ones in Time Machine.

edit: Spent several hours putting things back to their rightful place thanks to Time Machine.

Comments

[frenchani.livejournal.com]

At first read I saw "the activist in me" and I couldn't figure out your problem!

[comava.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain - I have a computer at my homes in Bern and Lucerne and it's always tricky to make sure they're both up to date (especially because I collect and save all sorts of odds and ends like old e-mails... no need to delete with all the free GB on gmail anyway)! Memory sticks are a boon in that respect. I'm happy you managed to fix the problem!

[frances-lievens.livejournal.com]

Time Machine is wonderful on the Mac. It is very easy to restore things from the external hard drive, and backups happen automatically. And when I switched computers I used it to get the new one up and running in exact the same way as the old computer. But using Time Machine for file synching means reinstalling the OS.