Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/06/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: An hour, Larry, is WAY too much time for me. And you only got one copy. One copy is no copy. So add another hour to get a copy. Then ... factor in that DVD's will fail, they will fail even if you never touch them. DVD's and CD's have a factor built in. They are allowed to fail up until a certain threshold, then they quit working. You never know ... you might be within 3 errors of that threshold. When those three errors are added to the pile of errors that are tolerated, you are out of luck. It's a goner. That can happen while it is sitting in your closet. You will regret using DVD's and CD's unless you only have a year or two left to live. Daniel > And all this is easier than burning picture files into a DVD? You've got > to be kidding. Last night I saved the contents of my iPhoto Library > (about 11.3 Gb) to 3 DVD discs. The whole process took about an hour. > All I had to do was change the DVD when each was ejected from the > computer. Mac OS 10.4 lets you multitask so I could surf the web between > disc changes. I create a new iPhoto Library about twice a month so the > DVDs are labeled with the date and rough notes about the types of images > on each. For safety, I burn duplicate DVDs using Toast 6. It's a lot > quicker than burning a duplicate from iPhoto. The spares are simply > stored in a file cabinet in the garage (in case the house burns down). > Simple - no engineering degree required. > > Larry Z > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information