This is the last draw. I am going to start using MAMP’s local web server solution seriously this time around.
It all started when I decided to upgrade to Leopard. I backed up everything else except for the MySQL database files that don’t exist in the
1 | ~/user_name/ |
directory. So in upgrading to Leopard, I also blew away all of those development databases I was using for clients — great, now I’ll have to go through the motion of having to repopulate those databases manually…
The only gripe I have with MAMP is that it literally forces all the development files to uncharacteristically reside in the
1 | /Applications/ |
folder. I suppose I could move them somewhere else. But I just don’t have the time to deal with customizing it otherwise.
So from now on, literally everything that matters will be within the two places that I back up
1 | /Applications/ |
1 | ~/user_name/ |
I also forgot to save my Addessbook contacts. But thank heavens the address content reside in
1 | ~/user_name/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/ |
so I was able to recover them. But even if that failed, I had all my contacts sync’d to my Plaxo account using its free sync utility for the Mac OSX.
Lessons learned:
1. Backing up files and upgrading to a new OS when one is really tired is not good.
2. If unsure, backup EVERYTHING.