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What I Do With Time Machine

  • 21-12-2007 3:33pm
    #1
    triple h
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭


    First of all, i love time machine.
    But
    1) The Hard Drive i was using ( which is good) was driving me mad with its humming.
    2) I could see that it was backing up too much and too soon, it was eating into my GB's which disturbed me, even though i have loads of GB room to spare. Ok , i know i can set this and i could back up ( which i often did) right away, at any time without waiting for the auto back-up.

    SO WHAT DO I DO ABOUT TIME MACHINE NOW ?

    1) i click system preference
    2) click time machine
    3) turn off time machine
    4) click finder and eject my HD
    5) plug out my firewire 400 cable and the main plug
    6) Set it all up again when i need to use it.

    I want to keep time machine cause i can show it off every so often and it is a cool way of backing up. It just looks like ( to me) that time machine has a eating disorder and will bloat out some day. So i will turn it off when i know i will be going a day or two without wanting to back-up.
    Just wanted to share this info and reckoned what ye thought. I could back up other ways, but i am not going to.


Comments

  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Get a new hard drive and copy Time Machine's folders across into it. You may have to format the disk first. The next time you start Time Machine it should detect the folder and continue as though it was the original disk.

    You should also remove files and folders that can be easily replaced from your backup, like system files. Removing the /System folder will prompt you to remove some other hidden system folders that will also be backed up, all of which can be replaced as part of a reinstall of OS X. This will save you a tonne of space in your backups.


  • #3
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,698 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    It should be noted that you can do a manual backup anytime by right-clicking Time Machine in the dock and selecting "Backup now". This way you can leave TM off and backup when you want. Your backup/external hdd will probably live longer too. But obviously this will greatly limit TM's restore feature.


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