Text 60197, 40 rader
Skriven 2010-03-02 09:37:56 av Alan Zisman (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 60195 av Jean Parrot (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: Apple ?
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On 02-03-10 6:20 AM, Jean Parrot -> Alan Zisman wrote:
 AZ>> ...For
 AZ>> instance, I back up my Macs across my network, to a Seagate 1.5 TB
 AZ>> external drive that I got on sale from Dell.ca.


 JP> Are you saying above that you use the one device to BU many machines ?
 JP> This is not possible to me in my saving process, I only do TI clones and
 JP> that wipes out the destination drive totally. No two images on one USB
 JP> drive, I do not mind this as I have a USB HDD dedicated to each machine
 JP> for this purpose. You are obviously backing up data, not OS. Right ? My
 JP> data back up is done from one machine to any other, if not all, my .docs
 JP> are on all of them, my .jpgs are on an 8 G key and also all machines.
 JP> Sinatra would say : I do it my way !

You are using cloning software... is that right? I am using backup software...
Apple's Time Machine backs up everything, and being designed for Mac-users who
don't want to have to fuss with settings, has no options to pick and choose.
Backs up the whole system - OS, applications, data, then backs up changes,
deleting older changes if space gets tight.

Where it really shines is in restore in case of system crash - or if buying or
setting up a new system.

Boot to a (recent version: OS X 10.5 or 10.6 only - your wife's 10.4
installation doesn't count) installation disc, and there's a Restore from
Backup option.

Also nice - on first boot on a new Mac (including my 'hackintoshed' Dell) or
after reinstalling the OS on an old one - a screen pops up offering to either
restore from backup or copy data/installations/settings from another system,
including a backup of another system.

While they take time, both of these options work very smoothly - in part, from
staying within the Apple ecosystem. The Windows experience draws from a huge
number of vendors which has many pluses, but also makes it harder for the
various parts of the system to work together this well.

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