Time Machine
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From: nospam on 6 Mar 2010 12:23 In article <jwolf6589-422A9E.06505706032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > What are the pros and cons of using Time Machine verses Retrospect or > Super Duper? time machine saves multiple copies of files that change so you can go back in time to an older version or a file you deleted. superduper is a clone of what is on your drive whenever you run it. if you delete a file on the source drive, it's deleted on the clone too. if a file is corrupted somehow, the corrupted version is copied to the clone. with time machine, you could go back in time to when the file was not corrupt. the drawback to time machine is it needs more disk space. if you have a 500 gig drive, you only need 500 gig to clone it, but for time machine you will need more space for the various snapshots. you can decide to skip things that can easily be restored, such as the system itself and applications to reduce space, but then you won't have a complete backup. the larger the hard drive the farther back in time you can go. another difference is that superduper is bootable. if your main drive crashes, you simply boot from the clone and keep working until you get a replacement drive. with time machine, you can't do anything until you get a replacement drive and then reinstall and restore from the backup. > Also when I run Time Machine should I also backup my Boot Camp partition? is there anything important on it?
From: heron stone on 6 Mar 2010 12:36 In article <jwolf6589-422A9E.06505706032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > What are the pros and cons of using Time Machine verses Retrospect or > Super Duper? ..this isn't an either/or proposition ..i use both time machine AND superduper ..i use TM to back up my 500 GB MBP HD to a 1 TB external HD ..my backups go back to july 26, 2009 and there is still 300 GBs free ..superduper clones my boot drive every night ..if my MBP dies, i can boot my mac mini from the superduper clone and keep on working -- unDO email address ___ Nature, heron stone to be commanded, http://gendo.net must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO(a)gendo.net
From: nospam on 6 Mar 2010 16:31 In article <jwolf6589-44D8F6.16252406032010(a)nntp.charter.net>, John <jwolf6589(a)NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote: > > > Also when I run Time Machine should I also backup my Boot Camp partition? > > > > is there anything important on it? > > Yes there is > > Thanks for this info. I hope 250GB will be enough considering I have > 70GB free and am using 30GB for my Windows partition meaning it will > only be backing up 55GB. just to be clear, time machine will not do anything with boot camp. you need a native windows backup utility, or clone it with winclone. <http://www.twocanoes.com/winclone/>
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