On 15 Nov 2010, at 10:41, Dick wrote: > I will try to clarify my understanding. The Time Machine will back up the > Entourage database; however, it may not restore correct if the application > and related daemon were running during the backup.
If anything is accessing the database at the time of the backup (through *any application*, the backup database might end up corrupted. > For this reason, there is an script called quitall_sl.sh for SuperDuper that > quits all Microsoft apps, > including the Microsoft Database Daemon. It works great with SuperDuper; > however, Apple's OS X Time Machine does not support scripting. There is a > Entourage AppleScript called quit_all_Microsoft_applictions that you can use. > I found it works but does not always quit the Microsoft Database Daemon. Per > warnings from Diane and others that know this daemon must be stopped before > backing up or trying to restore from the OS X Time Machine. > Indeed! > I have trained myself to open the OS X Activity Monitor and manually Quit the > Microsoft Database Daemon before the TM does its thing. Yes, this is a pain; > however, it works and I have been able to restore my 2.9 GB Entourage > database > from a Time Machine backup. > Tedious, but it works beautifully. The Activity Monitor is a good option. > It was good to hear the above may not be needed with Outlook; The new database format has been designed to be compatible with Time Machine (though it works at the entire database level: you can’t restore a single item: just the entire database, even though it’s split-up in multiple individual files now). > however, I > will not consider transition to Outlook until Microsoft corrects its current > crippled status. By crippled status I am referring to the dimmed out File menu > Save As that prevents users from saving anything to the OS X Finder file > system. ??? I can save whatever I need to. If anything, through a simple drag and drop. Corentin -- YouTalk mailing list List information: http://www.entourage.mvps.org/support_options/list.html List moderator: [email protected], [email protected] To unsubscribe: mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe
