At 3:51 PM +0000 1/18/2011, Jonathan Smith wrote:
"Excluding system files from your backup can save you a lot of space".
Does anybody know how much space roughly (Snow Leopard)?
Probably under ten gigs, but it depends on what'all you've installed.
You can find out how much is on YOUR particular Mac by using this
command from Terminal, in an admin account.
sudo du -hcd 1 /
Please note that few of us recommend leaving system files or even
your applications out of a backup. Sometimes you install products
that modify the system. An incomplete backup can mean a lot of pain
when it comes time to rebuild.
The article specifically recommends leaving out apps. Uh huh. Do
you know where ALL the original media for your apps are? Is it
stored somewhere such that the catastrophe (fire, etc) that damages
your computer won't get them too?
This is why we recommend multiple backups, at least one being a
*complete* *bootable* clone using Carbon Copy Cloner. If your
internal HD fails, just boot on the clone!
- Dan.
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