Thursday, February 13, 2014
New iPAD mini Retina
Having had an iPAD mini 16 GB, I decided to upgrade to an iPAD mini Retina 32 GB. Several taps on the screen later, my whole software setup from the old iPAD was on the new iPAD. Unbelievably simple. It worked perfectly. Micro$oft are you paying attention. Just very neat!!!
Some user names and passwords were restored but not all. Some user names and passwords did not restore and had to be added again. A very minor annoyance!
As other people have commented, the sound leaves a bit to be desired. It is too soft for much of my music. However, I did not purchase the iPAD mini for its sound capabilities. A good Bluetooth speaker set would most likely solve the problem.
Some user names and passwords were restored but not all. Some user names and passwords did not restore and had to be added again. A very minor annoyance!
As other people have commented, the sound leaves a bit to be desired. It is too soft for much of my music. However, I did not purchase the iPAD mini for its sound capabilities. A good Bluetooth speaker set would most likely solve the problem.
Friday, February 07, 2014
Backblaze Backup Software
Having used Backblaze backup for several weeks now, it is apparent that the price is very good. However the speed of backup and restore leaves an awful lot to be desired. You must have several days for Backblaze to create the zip file of your files before you can download the restore files. The initial backup also takes quite a long time to occur. The restore files are accurate and do restore your data. Backblaze is also useless for backing up your windows installation and any iso's which may contain your system. Better than nothing BUT you need lots of time to backup and restore.
Update :
Just discovered another problem with Backblaze. The Help Desk does not work on weekends or holidays. If you have a problem, you have to wait until they get through all the questions in the queue before they get to you, a worst case would be the long holiday periods. They try for one business day. This is a real problem over the bigger holiday times when the queue could get quite large! Bummer!!
Update :
Just discovered another problem with Backblaze. The Help Desk does not work on weekends or holidays. If you have a problem, you have to wait until they get through all the questions in the queue before they get to you, a worst case would be the long holiday periods. They try for one business day. This is a real problem over the bigger holiday times when the queue could get quite large! Bummer!!
