are there any good if not better alternatives for Time Machine? 2009/11/10 Bruce Johnson <[email protected]>
> > > On Nov 9, 2009, at 7:52 PM, Dan wrote: > > > > > At 12:14 AM +0200 11/10/2009, Baha Ata wrote: > >> I use Time Machine with 24 hours backup intervals with 1.5 TB > >> External nowadays... > > > > Have you had any problems with Time Machine? > > I've been running it since I updated to 10.5 and haven't hand more > than minor issues. > > Occasionally I'd get the error that the media was read-only; > unmounting, unplugging, then remounting my (USB-based) Time Machine > volume would fix it; I think it's a bit of flakiness in the WD MyBook > case. > > I've done or witnesses two complete restores form TM, and both > proceeded flawlessly. > > The main issue was TM just bogging things down every hour on the hour, > I reset it to run every 6 hours and life's been a lot smoother since > then: > > <http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=200710291721156> > > I also have the advantage of being able to exclude some of the most > volatile directories, like ~/Library/Mail because we run an IMAP > server, my mail doesn't live on my system, and I excluded the cache > directories. I don't know if TM does that automatically, but I figured > an explicit exclusion couldn't hurt. > > I also keep it from backing up my Virtual Machine directory (for > Fusion); I'll make a manual copy of the VM file when Fusion isn't when > I make major changes to it, but ther'es no need to back up a 20 or 30 > gb file every day. > > If you have scratch directories for Photoshop and the like, exclude > those as well. > > -- > Bruce Johnson > University of Arizona > College of Pharmacy > Information Technology Group > > Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs > > > > > > -- Baha Ata --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
