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Post by Howard Metcalfe on Dec 1, 2006 21:44:16 GMT -5
I tend to save after entering vital data and/or notes for a person, and after adding or changing members of a family.
At the end of a session (usually the end of the day), I check linkage (command-K), then generate the list of possible problems (command-L). I compare the list with the list generated in the previous session for any differences. If there are any differences that shouldn't be there, I resolve them and repeat the checks. (BBEdit is particularly good at displaying the two listings side-by-side in same-sized windows so you can just page down to see if anything has changed.)
Then I save my file to a backup medium. In my case, it's a flash drive (also known as a thumb or jump drive) that I carry in my pocket all the time. A Kingston 1 GB USB flash drive costs about $10 at Amazon. It just plugs and plays, no software needed, in any version of OS X as well as OS 9.2 and Windows. A 2 GB flash drive costs a couple of bucks more.
I only save stuff that's changed from my last BIG backup -- a complete bootable backup to an external hard disk using the commercial SuperDuper backup program for OS X.
Works for me.
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