The cloud is a major security risk. I absolutely refuse to use it. If the cloud gets hacked, despite apple's efforts to prevent it, all that sensitive data will be available for said hackers, and I strongly discourage doing this. Get some external media and be done with it. The cloud, while a great idea, is asking for trouble. James A. Dean On Jul 19, 2011, at 7:59 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > Being in the position that I'm in I can't talk allot but what I can say is > that Apple is trying to get people away from the whole clean install thing > and have you to trust them for the upgrades. Not all apps will work properly > but the main ones like Super Duper will along with other major software > titles. Resetta based apps surely will not work. You should always have a > bootable backup an exact clone of your hard drive at all times and Time > Machine is not really a good solution for backup concerns when real > consideration to data protection and preservation is concerned. It is like > the AOL of backup. You should have 3 backups, on two different types of media > and 1 should be in the cloud. Never the less all should be fine for you my > good friend. > > VaShaun Jones > BETTER THAN EXCELLENT!!! ™ > It's not just the foundation, It's the standard > > Sent from my I device > On Jul 19, 2011, at 2:37 AM, William Windels wrote: > >> Hello , >> Lion is coming soon and, most of us are looking forward to it. >> I had just some thoughts about a clean install of lion , started from my >> snow leopard install on my macbook. >> >> After buying the installer from the macstore and the start of the install, I >> should chose to do a install with or without erasing me disc. >> I think, It seems the safest and cleanest way to erase the whole disc and >> install lion on a blank disc. >> (I have a working time-machine backup). >> >> But, here are my questions after the blank install: >> 1. Is it necessary to have all install-packages from the software I would >> like to have on my lion (software from apple or not)? >> Or can I just copy the program-packages from the programs-folder in my >> time-machine? >> 2. about compatibility: Should all programs that are no on my macbook work >> on lion? >> 3. If I chose to erase my disc before install, I will lose bookmarks, >> addressbook-contents and soma other contents and I don't know how to get it >> back without to much tricks. >> >> Perhaps, for a first trial , it should be better not to remove my hd? >> >> >> This are my thoughts, >> >> Any comments, suggestions or perhaps more questions, are very welcome. >> >> best regards, >> William Windels >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >