On 16/10/2018 08.18, nospam wrote:
In article , Tony Cooper
wrote:

What makes you think that if she couldn't use a USB memory stick she
could connect an external drive and click the 'use backup' button
(what use back up button?).

this isn't specifically about her, but it really isn't very difficult.
if she can't handle it, someone else in the household can.

This is slightly hilarious. You are now accepting the possibility that
she might not be able to handle a task. At the same time you are
asserting that there *will* be someone else in the house to handle it.

you're assuming again.

I'm not. I'm making explicit your assumption, that there will be
someone else in the house to handle it.

how did she manage to plug the computer into mains power and set it
up? that is a *lot* more steps than for time machine.

What kind of idiotic question is that? If she's plugged in an iron or
a toaster, she knows what is to be done with a power cord.

there's nothing idiotic about it. if she can plug a cable into the
wall, then she can plug a cable into the back or side of a computer
(depending on model). it's actually easier than a power cord, since
there's no need to crawl under a desk nor is there a risk of electrical
shock.

These people usually have laptops.


If she
needs it "set up", the store where she bought it will do that.

stores don't normally do that, but if one did, they could connect the
hard drive for her.

What do "steps" have to do with anything?

a lot.

once again, you're babbling about things you know nothing about. i know
you like to argue, it's all you do, but you really should have a good
understanding of the topic before spewing.

Actually he is right, and you are not.



How did she manage to do these things as well as setting up and
connecting to her network connection? I have no idea but can only
presume that someone did it for her.

then that someone can connect a hard drive and click a button for her.

This is past the point of ridiculousness.

then what do you suggest eric's sister do, given that she is incapable
of such tasks, according to eric?

The ridiculousness is that you refer to "automatic" back-ups being so
simple and completely ignore that the back-up procedure is only
automatic *after* it is set up for automatic back-ups. There is
nothing automatic about setting it up, and there are choices to be
made that the sister is not capable of understanding. You think she
knows if she wants an incremental or differential back-up?

once again, you're babbling about things you know absolutely nothing
about.

the setup is nothing more than clicking a single button. that is *it*:
https://support.apple.com/library/co...are/images/en_
US/osx/tm_new_drive.png

Windows. Don't divert.


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Cheers, Carlos.