- 04:11:30 Reading – Yes, you’re a racist… and a traitor. (John E. Price) https://t.co/aXnhLJPib0
- 05:48:06 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 2015-06-21 23:00:35 @abulsme @imbou Desktop hard drives typically have ridiculous retry settings because failure usually means system failure. in reply to abulsme
- 05:49:26 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Thus things gradually getting slower and slower over years while drive always passed health checks? in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:49:31 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 2015-06-21 23:01:32 @abulsme @imbou Get an SSD as your system drive? in reply to abulsme
- 05:51:39 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Even after moving all pictures and videos to another drive I have nearly 2 TB on my boot drive. TB sized SSD still $$$. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:52:34 .@F_WRLCK @imbou I’m sure I could relocate much of that 2 TB to other drives, but would take effort. :-) in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:54:00 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Also, would that be effective external, or would I need to do internal? Want to avoid hassle of internal install if poss. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:54:10 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 05:52:15 @abulsme @imbou You get a situation where a drive will get flaky and you don't know it. SMART should tell the OS, but no idea what OSX does. in reply to abulsme
- 05:54:58 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Drive passed SMART checks until the end. Never had a SMART warning on that drive. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:56:47 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Let me revise that. I THINK that is true. But some of my drives were not smart capable. Can’t say for sure this was or not. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:56:53 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 05:55:41 @abulsme @imbou USB2 says it'd have to be internal. There's a company that sells kits and has instructional videos online. in reply to abulsme
- 05:58:03 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Yeah, I’ve seen such. That is exactly the sort of thing I want to avoid if I can. :-) in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:59:38 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Don’t want to DIY & don’t want to pack the thing up and be without it long enough for someone else to do. Unless no choice. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 05:59:47 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 05:58:08 @abulsme @imbou It's also sometimes difficult to distinguish between hardware failure and OS cruft, though that's more a Windows thing. in reply to abulsme
- 06:01:07 .@F_WRLCK @imbou I’ve got tons of cruft. I know this. Time to deal with careful expunging or clean install at premium though. Someday… in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:01:20 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 06:00:08 @abulsme @imbou Seems like your choices are external spinning disk and internal SSD. Wouldn't crack it open otherwise. in reply to abulsme
- 06:01:24 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 06:00:55 @abulsme @imbou Well, external disk on USB2 seems like a nonstarter, but maybe it's not so bad? That seems to be your only option. in reply to abulsme
- 06:02:46 .@F_WRLCK @imbou That is how I have been running since booting from my clone Sunday morning. Not great, but no worse than it was before. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:05:05 .@F_WRLCK @imbou I think I will run this way for a bit (& set up a new clone). If it feels unmanageable will explore replacing the internal. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:06:42 .@F_WRLCK @imbou I also noticed a big performance degredation after Yosemite. Hopefully at some of that will be reversed by El Capitan. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:06:47 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 06:06:27 @abulsme @imbou Gratuitous plug for @crashplan goes here. in reply to abulsme
- 06:08:02 .@F_WRLCK @imbou @crashplan I have quadruple redundancy. Main drives, clone drives, Time Machine & BackBlaze. I take backups seriously. :-) in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:08:10 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 06:07:22 @abulsme @imbou Yeah, Yosemite was apparently pretty hard on older systems. in reply to abulsme
- 06:11:46 .@F_WRLCK @imbou Yeah, it took me a bit to realize it, but it made things a lot worse on my old machine. Hoping for the best on El Cap. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 06:12:52 .@F_WRLCK @imbou @crashplan Having a drive clone ready to go was great though. No waiting for restore. Just change boot drive and go. in reply to F_WRLCK
- 15:53:03 Hmm. My old internal drive mounted over night after being inaccessible yesterday. Should I try to reformat it and move back in? Or no?
- 15:53:50 Starting by trying to repair it again. Then I won’t think about it again until after work. :-)
- 16:51:35 FFS. Disk Utility now says my main drive is completely happy and OK. :-/
- 16:57:01 What do you think @F_WRLCK and @imbou? Disk that wouldn’t repair or even mount yesterday now mounts and passes all checks. Use again? Or no?
- 17:40:23 Retweeted @backblaze 08:06:21 @abulsme Glad to see you taking backing up as seriously as we do Samuel! in reply to abulsme
- 18:03:31 @backblaze Multiple redundancy, including off-site is the only way to go. :-) in reply to backblaze
- 18:56:19 Retweeted @F_WRLCK 18:27:33 @abulsme @imbou Well, given that your backups work, the question is how much do you rely on this computer being available? in reply to abulsme
- 18:59:41 .@F_WRLCK @imbou It runs automated processes for me 24/7. I use it at keyboard daily. I get twitchy if it even goes down for a reboot. :-) in reply to F_WRLCK
- 20:41:26 Retweeted @imbou 20:05:27 @abulsme @F_WRLCK hello no! in reply to abulsme
- 20:41:51 .@imbou @F_WRLCK Heh. :-) in reply to imbou