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Single Time Machine Backups

Tired of Time Machine running all the time? You can turn it off in the Time Machine preference pane, but still initiate a single backup by choosing Back Up Now from Time Machine's menu bar icon. Of course, your backup is much less likely to be up to date, but Time Machine won't be taking any resources while you're trying to work.

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Rich Mogull Appears on NPR's Science Friday

Kudos to our own Rich Mogull, whose TidBITS article about protecting your privacy from Facebook landed him a guest spot on the NPR radio show Science Friday with Ira Flatow (himself a TidBITS reader at one point). You can either listen to the audio of the show or read the transcript on NPR's Web site.Generic Globefollow link

 

Comments about Rich Mogull Appears on NPR's Science Friday

Ira Flatow2010-05-26 07:09
Still am a TidBITS reader!

Ira
Adam Engst2010-05-26 07:09
That's great to hear, Ira!