Episode 2: 2: Backup Vortex
Hypercritical
5by5
4.9 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 January 2011
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
John Siracusa and Dan Benjamin tie up some loose ends from the TV show before talking about backups, the onus on Apple to make them work, Apple's past and present attempts, the failings of external hard drives, personal backup regimes, and online backups.
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| 0:00.0 | This is hypercritical, a weekly talk show ruminating on exactly what is wrong in the world of Apple and related technologies and businesses. |
| 0:07.0 | Nothing is so perfect that it can't be complained about. |
| 0:10.0 | This show is hosted by John Syracuse and Dan Benjamin. That's me. |
| 0:12.8 | Today's show is sponsored by Postmark App. |
| 0:15.5 | Are you still sending your web apps important |
| 0:17.2 | notification emails from the default mail server? |
| 0:20.0 | Do you know if those emails are actually getting to the inbox? |
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| 0:30.5 | system emails the first class treatment they deserve but don't take |
| 0:33.5 | my word for it. |
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| 0:42.2 | Rockspace would like to remind you that just because you know how to administer a server does not mean you have to. |
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| 0:53.6 | patching, backing up and responding to monitoring alerts are handled for you. |
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| 1:08.5 | So what's on your mind today? The topic is backups, but before we do it you said you had |
| 1:12.2 | other things you wanted to |
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