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Re: Paintshop and Corel

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SubjectRe: Paintshop and Corel
FromSandman
Date11/26/2013 08:11 (11/26/2013 08:11)
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In article <2013112514155655641-savageduck1@REMOVESPAMmecom>, Savageduck wrote:

Tony Cooper
That "system" you use does so because you instructed it to do so. You have set your back-up protocol to use multiple drives. At some point, you had to designate where the back-ups were to be sent.

YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle
A protocol is a precise term.

Savageduck
Exactly! It is a set of rules governing a procedure, or technique.

Agreed.

YouDontNeedToKnowButItsNoëlle
What your describe and what I use is called configuration settings.

Savageduck
When you configure the frequency for TimeMachine to back up your Mac, you have established/configured the rules governing that back up procedure.

Wel... She can't actually determine the frequency for Time Machine. It's automatic and non-configurable in the normal GUI. There are some settings though, like what items not to backup and whether or not to make backups when on battery power - and obvisouly choosing the backup drive.

But, OSX is pretty smart, if it senses that you have attached an empty external drive, or a Time Capsule on the network - it will just ask you whether or not you want to backup to it, and if you click yes, then it is all automatic.

So, basically, the only action the user ever took was to click yes, hardly "a set of rules governing a procedure" :)

There is no doubt that the actual backup procedure follows a clearly defined protocol, but so does a file copy and clearing cache in your web browser, yet neither is called a "protocol" for the end user. :)

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