[OS X TeX] MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 174, Issue 5

[Louis Talman]

By all means, use the cloud! Put those TeX files up on Dropbox. It's free unless you have really been busy, and then it's still worth it.

You need to have those important files backed up off-site, too. It's too easy for a local disaster to wipe out your local backup.
On Apr 10, 2022, 1:27 PM -1000, Ross Moore <ross.moore at mq.edu.au>, wrote:
> Hello Catherine,
>
> Perhaps TimeMachine had not actually fully finished when you tried to typeset a document?
>
> I sometimes find that the icon has changed back to normal, but if you click on it, then it still can say `Cleaning up … ’.
> This affects me mostly when I want to disconnect the backup disk, before taking the laptop from home to Uni.
>
> All the best.
>
> Ross
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 11 Apr 2022, at 6:09 am, Catherine Asaro <asaro at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:29:34 -0500
> > > From: Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com>
> > > To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu>
> > > Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 174, Issue 4
> > > Message-ID: <86BC68A5-9216-4499-8F5F-31B56E6A5AA2 at wideopenwest.com>
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> > >
> > > Where are the files stored? Are they on an external drive or the Cloud? It sounds like you don't have write permissions on that location.
> > >
> > > Can you copy a file to your Desktop, open it there and typeset it?
> > >
> > > Good Luck,
> > >
> > > Herb Schulz
> > > herbs at wideopenwest.com
> >
> > HI, Herb. I don't use the Cloud. I have always used my desktop. I back everything up to a hard drive periodically using time machine.
> >
> > I realized after reading Bill's message below that I probably have copies if everything on time machine. The strangeness happened this morning after I did my most recent backup to TimeMachine. Before I start messing within anything on the computer or backup drive, I'd like to figure out what's happening so I don't inadvertently do any more damage. Making a time machine backup shouldn't mess with my TexShop applications unless something is corrupted.
> >
> > Best -- Cat
>
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