Backup

Spaces in the name and the @ symbol are the problem.

I think FAT32 (not shure - will check tonight @ home) or NTFS But why do I get an error with the long name '2007-04-08 @ 11/21/04 AM - 1.apimportgroup' and does finder show short name "NAS-Backup.apvault"? How should I format the NAS so that both iMAC and my Windows machines can access it?

Used it from the first day on my laptop and almost a year, haven't had any problems. Had more than 10 forced shutdown/reboot. The only thing that might have been caused by FileVault is that my Application and Support directory got corrupted. I was not able to read it, delete it, or write to it. Luckily I've got a backup. I did try to turn it off a few months ago, but...

When I try to copy my Aperture Vault to my NAS following this procedure, I get the following error message: You cannot copy the item '2007-04-08 @ 11/21/04 AM - 1.apimportgroup' because the name is too long or includes characters that the disk cannot display. Weird thing is in Finder the file is called "NAS-Backup.apvault" Can anyone help me to get a Vault on my NAS?

I use rdiff-backup. It creates delta of the backup, so you can restore the situation as it once was. I do not know if there is any GUI for it; I use a script I have made (mainly it checks that my LaCie is mounted) to take backups.

g corrupts, and your home folder is gone. Or the computer shuts down without shutting down properly, and it's gone. Way too often I see people with absolutely no backup of their files, and then things go wrong ... ...

Every few months I lose everything and have to start over. I forget everything and do not even remember what the icons on my desktop do. I have not found any backup software that I can understand to restore my system. ...

Although this is not the solution (although if you did it, you would not have been in so much trouble), making backups of critical (personal and/or business) is the first rule again losing stuff. So BACKUP on a regular base and like insurrance (doing it is required, profiting from it usual means disaster). Good luck, Kees

from time to time. I backup my user folder to my external and away I go. ...

For Entourage, look for this folder in your backup; User/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office Identities/Main Identity