|
|
this has always been possible
I think it should be worded that TM can now back up to your boot volume, your current live system backing up to its own OS disk. Could you do that before Lion? I'm honestly not sure.
You are right.
Sorry, I didn't understand that from the way the hint was worded. Yes, that's a new ability. You definitely could not do that before Lion. I can see this being somewhat useful on portable macs which can be away from their backup drives for extended periods of time but I don't see why you'd ever want to use TM in such a way on a desktop Mac. I really can't see a scenario where that would make sense. I can certainly see why this ability is turned off by default on desktop macs.
You are right.
Yeah, I could see this being of limited utility on a desktop Mac, and using up way too much space on your boot drive in any case. I could see it being most useful if you were working on a project and wanted to implement your own version control system by excluding all folders except for your project's folders.
You are right.
It can take up a lot of space but it will not happen immediately. As the files are being modified, the original is backed up once for each snapshot that’s taken. It’s not like a full Time Machine backup where it actively copies your boot drive. It seems to be using fsevents to monitor changes and moves the originals into /.MobileBackups sorted out by the time the snapshot was taken.
You are right. -- sometimes
There are certainly instances where this feature would have served my clients under Snow Leopard. |
SearchFrom our Sponsor...Latest Mountain Lion HintsWhat's New:HintsNo new hintsComments last 2 daysLinks last 2 weeksNo recent new linksWhat's New in the Forums?
Hints by TopicNews from Macworld
From Our Sponsors |
|
Copyright © 2014 IDG Consumer & SMB (Privacy Policy) Contact Us All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective owners. |
Visit other IDG sites: |
|
|
|
Created this page in 0.09 seconds |
|