Great. A TerraByte would take a while to copy for sure. Later...
Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 18, 2017, at 09:54, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> wrote: Well, it was a little over a terrabyte in size, so..yeah, pretty big! Everything is intact and working now, though! Cait > On Oct 17, 2017, at 2:29 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Good work trying Terminal. If it took forever, I hope that it was a big > folder. Sometimes, when things take a long, long time to copy, it's because > the drive is failing. If it was a normal, long time, because of the folder > just being large, then that's OK. > > Later... > > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:22, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is what I am discovering! Great-one less thing to think about > remembering to do!! > > BTW, I finally got the problematic drive repaired and it’s working fine now. > And, also, got the files copied over using the terminal-took ages, but was > easy! > > Cait > > >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 2:11 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Time Machine is major hands-off. Once the initial backup has completed, you >> don't need to do anything. Time Machine works in the background monitoring >> your files and every hour it just does it's thing. If nothing was changed, >> nothing is done. If your backup drive is directly connected, it just >> happens. If that drive is disconnected, then Time Machine will just wait >> until you re-connect it. If the backup drive is connected via the network, >> then as long as you're connected to the network, the Time Machine backups >> will continue. >> >> Later... >> >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Oct 17, 2017, at 12:03, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks. How do you do this in time machine? >> >> Cait >> >> >>> On Oct 17, 2017, at 1:11 PM, E.T. <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Time Machine does this. I also use Carbon Copy Cloner 5. It too will do >>> incremental backups. It offers a scheduling option as well which I will set >>> up later. CCC is not the easiest application to navigate but once you have >>> created tasks and set the scheduling options, its pretty much hands off. >>> >>> From E.T.'s Keyboard. . . >>> "God for you is where you sweep away all the >>> mysteries of the world, all the challenges to >>> our intelligence. You simply turn your mind off >>> and say God did it." --Carl Sagan >>> E-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> On 10/17/2017 10:00 AM, Caitlyn Furness wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> So, I am finally doing backups on my mac. right now, I am using time >>>> machine. >>>> I know there are other solutions out there, and am wanting feedback about >>>> them. What I eventually want is for the back up solution to do a backup, >>>> then only update the backup when new things happen or are added. Is there >>>> something out there to do this? Can time machine do this? >>>> thanks! >>>> Cait >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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