As users adopt alternate web browsing habits, the popularity of Chrome, Firefox and Safari are changing the desktop browser landscape. During the normal course of helping users migrate to new browser platforms, this path often results from an inoperative Windows desktop PC that has no recovery disk and invariably includes a recovery partition on the primary hard drive which has become corrupt as a consequence of hardware failure.
Once again, it is time to look into the crystal ball and take stock of the business of technology in the new year. Some of my predictions from last year have come to pass while a few from the years before are still trying to have their day in the sun. Let’s have some fun and look at what I thought would be important trends in this past year and then take a look at what might be on the horizon.
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Since returning to a predominantly Macintosh household a few years ago, we have been diligently maintaining backups on our shared TimeMachine volume. Everything is being kept current, and it has been comforting to watch the periodic swirl of the TimeMachine backup status icon in my toolbar. However, we have yet to test this backup strategy and it is now getting to the point where it would be good to know that it’s working.