Hi Steve: Most of my data are Instruments libraries, from kontakt. and to download them all again. is a miss. so,I think most of mmy space is just libraries and libraries.
> On Dec 16, 2018, at 6:42 PM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: > > Never mind all these multiplication exercises. The first question that should > be asked about what can and should be backed up is this: How much stuff > stored on my computer system can I re-download or recover in some other way? > Do I have, say, instrument libraries I can download again? If so, I don't > have to back them up. Do I have programs I can re-install from the App Store? > If so, then I don't have to back them up. Do I have documents or other data > that, if lost, cannot be replaced, or at least, not replaced easily? Then > those absolutely *must* be backed up. By answering these questions, you can > shrink the size of your backup, not to mention the amount of time it takes to > make it. Of course, it will require some thought and maybe making a list and > checking it twice, and of course customizing your Time Machine backup plan, > but it's worth it. You can get away with smaller backup volumes this way. > > > It's also a very good plan to have at least one full disk image > backup--something to start with that has nearly everything on it that you > need and/or want in case of a boot-disk failure, otherwise you will have to > start from nothing if you have to replace the boot disk. Copy Cloner and > Super Duper are two applications that can make such backups, and I think you > can boot from those copies to create and set up the replaced system volume. > > > If all else fails and your boot drive is toast, there's always the Mac > Recovery system. You can read about it at > https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201314 > > > -- > 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. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
