On 30/09/2012, at 3:31 AM, Christopher Wolf wrote: > On Sep 29, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Ashley Aitken <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What is the best way to copy a deep and large folder hierarchy (that may be >> a backup of a partition, but not the startup partition), which may contain >> aliases, symbolic links, and all sort of things (but not e.g. OS devices), >> from within the TM backup to another location and preserve everything >> including metadata. > > Using the Finder or the Time Machine Starfield is the recommended method for > doing a faithful restore of everything from a Time Machine backup.
Thanks Chris that is good to know. The Finder has seemed to perform very well so far (but again, not really sure how to check ...) I wonder how Time Machine Starfield handles volumes that have changed? I assume they must have the same path but does it need to be the same partition to restore to? Does TM same Spotlight indices and other hidden information at the top level of partitions? So many question, but hopefully is just works. Cheers, Ashley. PS Of course, Spotlight indices can and probably should be regenerated but I was just using them as an example of some partition metadata. -- Ashley Aitken Perth, Western Australia mrhatken at mac dot com Social (Facebook, Twitter, Skype etc.): MrHatken Professional (LinkedIn, Twitter, Skype etc.): AshleyAitken Dropbox stores your files so you can access from any computer. Get it (and extra space for both of us) for free! Go to http://db.tt/geb9RWb _______________________________________________ MacOSX-admin mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-admin
