Ah no, I use a subversion repository for all my important documents, and mail is on a server which is backed up nightly to a tape-drive. However I was in a hurry a while back and needed to backup my old iMac. So I took the lazy route and used time machine. Now I simply want to extract some old documents (all right I'll admit it, old audiobooks and music that I should never have had in the first place and can't replace) but that's about it. As I said, the old 17" iMac has moved on to other things and isn't being used as my personal machine any more which is why I can't copy stuff directly across. On 31 Jul 2011, at 23:35, Jon Cohn wrote:
> Are you attempting to keep the entire Time Machine system, or one specific > snap shot of the disk? > > If the latter, then I would suggest using carbon copy cloner or super duper. > Time machine backups break the rule of never creating har links at the > directory level, so I am not sure how programs like tar or cp would handle > this. > > Jonathan > > > On Jul 31, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote: > >> Evening all, >> >> Ok I'm no expert when it comes to Time machine. My usual backup strategy >> doesn't actually rely on an automated system such as time machine, but >> rather uses documents stored in a Subversion repository. However, for >> reasons far to boring to go into, I used Time machine to back up an old iMac >> of mine about a year ago. This backup is on an external drive which I want >> to now use for something else. >> >> So, I want to take off all documents, and other files, store them on my >> Macbook pro then format the external disk. I presume this is feasible? In >> other words I'm essentially moving documents from an old iMac, through Time >> MAchine to my MacBook Pro? The reason, incidentally that I don't just copy >> the docs and other files from the iMac to the external hd and thence to my >> Macbook Pro (or indeed copy them from one to another using a crossover >> ethernet) is that the old iMac has been formatted many times since as it's >> become sort of our lab's generic development/user-testing machine. >> >> Thanks much, >> >> Dónal >> Dónal Fitzpatrick >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >> >> To reply to this post, please address your message to >> [email protected] >> >> You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the >> Mac-Access forum at the following URL: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> >> >> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus >> and worm-free! >> >> Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting >> the list website at: >> <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> Dónal Fitzpatrick [email protected] <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
