Thanks Paul. It's the best testimony for Time machine I've seen so far. :-)
Jostein 2010/6/3 P N Stenquist <[email protected]>: > > On Jun 3, 2010, at 7:40 AM, AlunFoto wrote: > >> 2010/6/3 paul stenquist <[email protected]>: >>> >>> I've restored from Time Machine on a number of occasions without >>> difficulty. It seems to do an excellent job without my having to take any >>> real action. It even backs up my encrypted files and enables restoration of >>> them if they're lost or inadvertently altered. >> >> Thanks Paul. :-) >> >> two questions... >> I know you're an advanced user... Have you verified, by manual means >> or otherwise, that all the data you wish to back up are being >> included? >> >> The ultimate purpose of a backup is restore. Do you have any >> experience with restoring data from a Time Machine (TM)? >> > > Im not really an advanced user in the manner of all the IT people that > populate this list. I learn only what I need to know. > But Time Machine has worked fine for me. I restored my full startup drive > after replacing a noisy unit, and every file and app performed flawlessly, > as near as I could tell. Still running on the restored system and apps. > > I have no idea if Time Machine is a perfect solution, but it works fine for > me. I rely on it to back up the 600 gig startup drive only. and it writes to > a second 500 gig drive. The startup drive is only about 1/3 full and it > pretty much stays at that level. The Time Machine backup is 90% full, and it > stays at that level. I believe it automatically discards the oldest backups > at that point. > > I keep my photo files on eight external drives. Two of the largest are > backup only. I transfer critical files to those manually about once a week > or whenever I have important files on hand. The most important files are on > three drives. I also have a set of DVD backups for photo files. I also back > up some critical files to on-line servers. > Paul > > >> Jostein >> >> Jostein >> >> -- >> http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ >> http://alunfoto.blogspot.com >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
