Hi Peter, Comments in Situ
> On 1 Jun 2015, at 7:17 pm, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, my apologies for not making it clear then. A pity we can’t use diagrams > on this forum. I use a Time Capsule for wireless backup for all 5 MBP’s in my > house. > > For my MBP 13” retina, I use a portable external drive (attached to the MBP) > to hold the iTunes and Photos libraries as the 250GB on board MBP hard drive > is too small. When I set up Time Machine to do my backups of the MBP hard > drive (inc attached portable external drive), > I selected ‘Options’ and then added the external drive (the one attached to > my MBP) to be included in the backup to the Time Capsule. Huh? When you select ‘Options’ in System Preferences > Time Machine - Data (Peter’s Time Capsule?) the Options window would show the attached external drive under “Exclude these items from backups" > So the Sparesebundle backup file on the Time Capsule therefore holds a copy > of the data on the external drive attached to the MBP. Are you sure? Have you checked by going to the Time Machine icon > ‘Enter Time Machine’? Are you sure this external drive which holds your iTunes Library & Photos Library has been backed up to your Time Capsule? Either I’m overworked and not thinking straight, but I’m certainly not on the same page as you :( With Time Machine, you can go "back in time" to Restore files, versions of files, or your entire system. To open a Photo Library that has been backed up with Time Machine the Library must be first Restored from the TM Hard Drive to your Boot Drive. > > So notwithstanding a triplicate backup strategy being the right thing to do > to provide robust data security, ideally I use the Time Machine backup as the > first port of call in the event of needing to recover a specific file (or the > entire portable external drive content if it were to fail or get stolen). > > I hope that makes my configuration clear and therefore the original question > now understandable. Sorry, probably me, but I’m still confused. Cheers, Ronni > > Regards > > Pete. > > > > >> On 1 Jun 2015, at 4:52 pm, Ronda Brown <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Peter, >> >>>> I dont actually have a problem currently but if my external drive were to >>>> fail or get lost or stolen, how would I reinstate the contents within the >>>> backup file of the external drive to a NEW external drive and restore the >>>> status quo? >> >> I'm not sure if I'm understanding you exactly. >> If any of the above issues happen - The 'External Drive fails, or gets lost, >> or stolen'... You would not be able to Restore anything from the Time >> Machine backup as there is no Time Machine Backup - The External Drive is no >> longer accessible! >> >> This is why we must have a good three parts backup strategy (similar to my >> backup strategy I've posted numerous times on WAMUG) to help cover drive >> failures, stolen, or lost computers or backup drives. >> >> Also it's best to have iTunes & Photos quit when Time Machine is backing up. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >> Sent from Ronni's iPad4 >> >> >> On 30 May 2015, at 6:48 am, [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Good morning, I use an external drive to hold my iTunes and Photos library. >>> I have explicitly selected in 'Options' to include the external drive in >>> the hourly backup process with Time Machine so the backup file first time >>> around was quite large (~650GB) and took a long while. >>> >>> I dont actually have a problem currently but if my external drive were to >>> fail or get lost or stolen, how would I reinstate the contents within the >>> backup file of the external drive to a NEW external drive and restore the >>> status quo? >>> >>> I've never once restored a file from TM (though I am well practiced at >>> deleting the Sparsebundle backup file!!) so not familiar with the process >>> anyway but I am keen to understand how I would restore the external drive >>> associated files (either singly (say my Photos library file) or the drive >>> in total). >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Pete. >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > > > Pete > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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