On 14/10/2018 23.36, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

They don't know what an external hard drive is, don't have one,
and
need hours of training on how to use it. Similarly with the
cloud, but
even worse because their internet is slow, and wifi is also slow.

there is no training. plug it in, click a button. done.

My sister has used Apple computers for many many years. I sent her a
batch of photographs (JPG) on a USB stick and despite seeking help
from her neighbours she never managed to view the photographs. In the
beginning she had not the faintest idea of what to do with the USB
stick. I am sure she is not alone.

that has nothing to do with backups, the topic under discussion.

Of course it has.

sending someone a usb stick full of photos has nothing to do with
backups.

In this case it has everything to do with computer users who cannot
master anything above the basics, whether it is using backups or
something as complicated as plugging in and viewing the contents of a
USB memory stick.

automatic backups and manual manipulation of files on a usb stick are
two very different tasks. one has no user interaction and the other is
completely manual.

Viewing files on a USB stick is a simple task compared with setting up
an automatic backup.

false.

as i said before, setting up automatic backups is no more difficult
than connecting a hard drive and clicking a button:
https://support.apple.com/library/co...are/images/en_
US/osx/tm_new_drive.png

Ah, there! Connecting a hard drive! Now we get to things.

What is a hard drive? Do we have one?
How do we connect it? Explain it easy.

Ah, and don't forget to explain that the disk must not be unpowered
before properly telling windows to remove the disk. What may happen if
they do, and what to do if they do.


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Cheers, Carlos.